Andrew Postell removes a sapling growing near a house foundation and explains how trees damage drainage systems. Wind-blown seeds land in gutters, germinate by the foundation, and grow into trees that displace French drains, letting water seep under the home. Regular removal of small saplings prevents expensive foundation repairs.
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Hey now, Drew Tooth time again. I'm at my house, I'm working on the outside. What am I doing today? I'm removing a sapling from this property. Now, remember how we had to do so much foundation work here? One of the main reasons why we had to do foundation work was because the owner wasn't pulling the little saplings, you know, the little small little trees that come and grow on your fence line or about your foundation. Yeah, so they become full trees. Here is ours. All right, this is what that little sapling became into. I've got to dig it out. Why is this important? Because it came from the downspout. You know, the wind blows the seeds around, they come on the roof, they come down the downspout. And this owner did have a French drain system in, but because this tree was growing out, it was pushing the French drain away from the home, making it so that water got underneath the house, which is one of the reasons why they were Foundation issues. So these little small little tree saplings, if you don't make them or don't remove them, they create bigger problems. And after we get done with this one, I've got this one right here to do too. This is kind of normal on the homes that we fix. All right, I'm gonna get back to it. Remove those saplings. I'm Andrew Postell. This has been the Drew 2.
