What is the best way or materials to use to protect a house?
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Make a gravel path all around. If you make a deep channel and in the middle put plastic rainwater gutter sloping away from the house - eventually to a soakaway dug down deep, you will avoid water running under house.
Here's a link about French drains
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_drain&ved=0ahUKEwi3_ZT_waPZAhUEheAKHThvCl0QFghiMAI&usg=AOvVaw1bSo10JxkU2EG_Yc6jI7i9
What are you trying to protect the house from? Water? Insects?
You are most welcome ( If you have the money and the will you could install a French drain system)