You know, recently we decided on this flip house to put a border of gravel around the whole foundation because that does more than a couple of things.

Aesthetically it looks much better, of course .Second it’s reasonable in price and third it provides outstanding drainage.

So when the water from rain or your gutters you know overhang it and they’re leaking a little bit well the water hits the gravel it dissipates into the ground a hundred percent better rather than if it was just dirt. It would just pool itself.

The water builds up and then finds the cracks in your foundation which generally is on the ground and seeps into your basement and causes all kinds of problems.

Generally , people like gravel.

However they also choose mulch which might might be in color black or red and the reason that they choose mulch is that it’s aesthetically very pleasing and the companies do treat the mulch with different types of chemicals to repel the bugs.

So you’re safe there.
However, never use wood chips.


Wood chips attract mice. It attracts all kinds of vermin. The groundhogs love it and it just doesn’t work.I invite you to take a look and see the gravel.

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