We often see the same code violations over and over. This article highlights the most often violated code requirements. Inadequate Grading 401 . The grade away from foundation walls shall fall a minimum of 6 inches within the first ten feet, except as restricted by lot lines where the fall will be a minimum of 6 inches regardless of the horizontal distance available.
Water runs downhill.
Water helped carve the Grand Canyon. Your foundation wall doesn't stand a chance to constant running water toward, around, under or near your foundation. Water must flow down and away from foundations at all locations. We may not have long periods of below freezing weather in Georgia regularly, but we do get them. Even thick slabs with houses on them will heave and crack under conditions of severe frost.