Is it really that bad for a home on a slab foundation to have water standing an inch or inch and a half deep on one side immediately following very heavy rains? We have had six or six and a half inches of rain in the area over the last few days, and in back it is not draining away as rapidly as it is in front. The whole back yard in basically under an inch of water, but you don't find this out until you walk out in it and mash the grass down. And the wife is convinced that we have to raise the level of the back yard in the next couple of weeks if we are to avoid a cracked slab. I am willing and able, but I really wonder if she is not blowing things out of proportion. Can anyone else chime in and illuminate the matter for me a bit, please? Sorry to be so ignorant, but I just don't understand the magnitude of the of it all.
Ignorantly yours,
Dave