Start with conditions, not a product
On Greenville's rolling Piedmont terrain, poor grading feeds water straight to a foundation already dealing with expansive clay, so structural and drainage decisions here really can't be separated.
Build a complete scope
- What was measured, and whether it spanned a full wet and dry season
- Whether the house sits on mill-era piers, postwar block, or newer fill
- How water arriving from uphill on a rolling lot is being handled
- The repair proposed, with the alternatives considered and dismissed
- How equipment reaches the work, what is put back after, and written cover
Greenville structural and drainage context
Because red clay reacts so directly to moisture, drainage choices near Greenville have an outsized effect on how much the foundation moves season to season.