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Originally Posted by BlackTalon
Definitely add some soil around the top of the stairs so it slopes away. Builders rarely compact backfill properly agaist foundations as they do not want to risk causing cracks; that leads to settlement issues over the next dozen or so years. clayey soils makes it even worse if there is marine clay content, as that material shrinks/ expands; don't expect it to ever settle/ compact and be done moving. Marine clay is grey, so if you only ever see reddish clay when digging around in the yard that may not be an issue.
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Also, as stated earlier in the post, make sure the drainpipes are pushing the water far enough away from the house. We had water "seeping" into the basement until we put in trenches with plastic drainage pipes . Moved the water coming off the roof another 8 - 10 feet away from the house and the problem was eliminated. (the larger the roof area the more water that will be coming through the drainpipes)