Sealing Agents installs a Delta®Drain foundation system at the 2012 Southern Living Showcase Home.
Foundation work is well underway at the 2012 Southern Living Showcase Home by Dillard-Jones Builders. This week, Sealing Agents is installing a Delta®Drain system, a product effective in controlling the flow of water and preventing damage from soil moisture through cracks and gaps in below grade structures.
Delta®Drain is a two-layer geocomposite product. The first layer is the high-density polyethylene drainage core that drains incoming water freely to the footing perimeter drain, preventing the build-up of hydrostatic pressure against the waterproofing layer. It also acts as a protection layer for the waterproofing material during backfill operations.
The second layer is a heat-bonded polypropylene geotextile. Securely bonded to the dimple crowns by a thermal process for lasting durability and performance, this geosynthetic material provides superb filtering performance. This rot-proof geotextile is highly water permeable, and prevents clogging of the flow passages in the drainage core. The result: continuous drainage of incoming water to the footing perimeter drain, thus protecting the foundation against water damage for many decades to come.
You can follow the construction progress of the 2012 Southern Living Showcase Home here. The 2012 Southern Living Showcase Home is under construction in The River Reserve Phase Four. Presented by River Reserve Holdings LLC and Builders First Source, the 2012 Showcase Home will open to the public next May for four weekends.
The 2012 Showcase Home will be the fourth Southern Living tour home presented by Dillard-Jones Builders. The company’s 2008 Showcase Home in Tuscany Falls and the 2010 Showcase Home in Claremont won the Upstate homebuilder 2009 and 2011 Southern Living Builder of the Year honors. The 2009 award marked the first time a South Carolina builder had won the prestigious national award, and in 2011 Dillard-Jones became the first two-time winner in the 18-year history of the Southern Living Custom Builder Program. The company has a full-page Builder of the Year feature in the Dec. 2011 issue of Southern Living magazine, which is now on newsstands.
