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Section 13 | Standard of Performance SITE WORK – GRADING & DRAINAGE Condition Your Responsibility Our Responsibility Ground settles around foundation, utility trenches or other filled areas, keeping water from draining away from home. 1. Remove and replace shrubs, sod or other landscaping affected by the placement of fill. 1. Fill excessively settled areas that affect proper drainage (1 year). Site drains improperly 1. Maintain the grades and swales (sloped low areas) after we have properly established them. 2. Insure established drainage patterns are not impeded by decking, landscaping, patios, pools, driveways, walls, etc. that you install. 3. Do not change the grade of the soil away from the foundation by building planters, raised beds or other blocking construction. 4. Damage caused by changes in drainage and grading is your responsibility. 5. Install a properly sized sump pump if we have installed a sump pit, but someone other than us has installed a sump pump. 6. Keep yard drains clean and clear of debris. 7. Remove Storm Water BMP'S once yard is established. 1. Establish the proper grades away from your home. Where lot lines permit, the protective slope will be 6" in 10' around the foundation. 2. Water will not stand or pond in crawl spaces. 3. After a rain, water typically will not stand or pond within 10' of the home for more than 24 hours or for more than 48 hours in drainage swales or areas where a sump pump discharges. 4. Decisions about the suitability of grading or ponding will not be made if the ground is saturated or frozen or if frost or snow is present. 5. Only those conditions presented to us in the first year after the warranty date/home or warranty date/common elements will be remedied. DRIVEWAY ASPHALT Condition Your Responsibility Our Responsibility Pitch or grade of driveway allows more than 1/2" of standing water or more than 1/2" depression 1. Annually seal the asphalt surface with a quality asphalt sealer. 2. Do not use vehicles with dual tires or heavy equipment on asphalt driveway. 1. Saw, cut remove and patch the affected area of the driveway that settles more than 1/2 " (1 year). 2. Frost heave is not included. The driveway may or may not return to its original level upon thawing. 156 | Edition July 2019