Category: Drainage

If you own a home in Archuleta County, you live on soils that can move more than you might expect. Certain local clays swell when they get wet and shrink when they dry out. That constant movement shows up as cracks in slabs, sticky doors, and bowed or leaning foundation walls. The most active area…

If you own a home in Archuleta County, there may be a risk below the surface that is easy to miss: expansive soils, which swell when wet and shrink when dry. In Colorado, expansive soils and rock are recognized geologic hazards because repeated movement can crack foundations, distort structures, damage slabs, walls, and utilities. What…

In Archuleta County, a lot of drainage trouble for homeowners comes from three main sources: roof runoff, snowmelt, and poor grading around the house. When roof shed or gutters dump water right at the foundation, snow piles melt along walls, or the yard slopes toward the home instead of away from it, water soaks into…