Bad Drainage Causes Mold and Deteriorates a Foundation. A walk around the LW Trust buildings revealed a number of areas where water either puddled or was allowed to drain within inches of the building foundations
Administration Building
Ground sloping to the left and no drainage tube to carry water away from the building.
No drainage tube to carry the water away from the building.
One can clearly see the water leaking from the downspout versus going out the drainage tube.
Clubhouse I
Medical Center Area
Above Downspout elbow about to come off
Elbow off the downspout
Below Golf Maintenance Area
Golf club area
What's wrong with the picture below?
Concrete water distributor placed backwards
Broken strap
Normally, the elbow of the drain goes into drain extender and not the way it is installed in the picture. Therefore water will spill out rather than drain through the piping.
No drainage device to move the water away from the building results in a hole in the ground