Home Care Guide: Landscaping
No blanket description of landscape maintenance is provided since divisions are located in a variety of geographic regions with different landscape requirements. The grade of your homesite was established by professional engineers to provide drainage away from the building (and, in some areas, a certain amount of water retention on the homesite). Should you wish to change the drainage pattern, as part of a landscape arrangement, be sure a proper drainage slope is maintained. On sites designed for some water retention, do not change the drainage pattern.
When adding fill dirt, do not fill above the top of the foundation and always allow a 6 inch minimum between the earth and any wood or aluminum siding; otherwise, water may enter the joint between the footing and the wall material or cause decay of wood. When watering your lawn, do not allow sprinklers to spray against the exterior walls of your home. Doing so causes discoloration, wall buckling and can cause interior flooding regardless of whether the wall is masonry or wood. Remember that proper care of the sod or seeded areas of your lawn is essential to ensure adequate grass growth.
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