The brief Fall weather?  Seems like a distant memory.

Winter will soon be here.   Well, if you just got back from Florida and missed the first snow, it seems like it.

So what should a wise Perrysburg homeowner do to get ready?

Acknowledge the clay.

Seriously.

The whole city and the entire township are built on the clay-like muck of the former Black Swamp.

And if you want your basement to survive you had better admit the truth.   Our basements get walloped with thousands of little freeze/thaw cycles in a typical Winter (sun comes up – sun hides behind clouds – repeat ad infinitum for 3.5 months . . .) – and while that is happening the water in the ground is bound up with the Hoytville Clay of Wood County is in freezing and thawing and expanding and contracting.

With TREMENDOUS physical and hydraulic force.

Hence the cracked walls in local basements.

Solution:  keep the water AWAY from your foundation.

ESPECIALLY in the Winter.

Check your downspouts.

Physically go look at them and make sure they are connected and run at least 5 or 6 feet away from your foundation.

This one simple step could save you a $20,000 basement repair.