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Everyday
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Thomas Morrison
You need to install some catch basins to catch immediate surface water. The slotted pipe is mostly used for water coming up through the slots in the bottom of the pipe. You also need to show the discharge to daylight or to a sump basin so that a sump pump can discharge to daylight. In addition, you should paint the side of the house with liquid rubber to seal it, e.g., blackjack 57.
Jack Torse
Sounds like the same advice that Chuck at Apple Drains would give!
Dosam _
Putting A French drain up against the house doesn’t seem like a good idea to me. It’s going to draw the water there.
paul barnes
@Dosam _ it is now code to have drains around the foundation. But id glue pond liner to the foundation and make a J channel then do what he did.
KainsQueen
@paul barnes that's smart as hell....pond liner ..also since it now being code..how far from the houses wall does the drain have to be ? I would assume it would depend on how far out the houses eaves /soffit extend? Or is is supposed to be almost right up against the homes wall ?
paul barnes
@KainsQueen it should be right beside the footer, but the J channel will allow it to be higher than that
Ata
Would have been better to also paint the foundation/bottom of the wall with water blocking substance such as liquid rubber before filling it. Always try to add another layer of defense while youre at it.
Joseph J
I have water build up next to one room of the home. I’m going to concrete from the wall onto a channel drain which will connect onto the drainage main pipe beneath. I believe taking the water away from the home is a better approach all with schedule 40 PVC.
In principal this French drain will help but it’ll be harder to maintain and keep clean. I think PVC with holes acting as a French drain will be easier to maintain.
Possibly have a PVC drain with holes beneath the soil, fill with concrete and slope the concrete away from the home be a better solution? What do you think?
We will never know unless we go back to homes which had/have drainage issues and to go back a few years later to check what worked best. Thank You.
Joe Shmoe
The water will flow up against the foundation and thru the stones. The weed barrier will slow it from entering the pipe, allowing some it to seep down and eventually into the house. For that type of system to work, it needs very, very little pitch or slope, enough for water to flow to the solid pipe, but almost level to pick up water. If the back of the pipe is too high, the water level won't come high enough to get in. The pipe will never fully drain to the outlet, so water will seep out the bottom and keep the dirt against the foundation wet longer, inviting mold. The depth of the pipe in relation to the footer is critical.
As mentioned earlier, needed to build dirt and hopefully grass away from the house and build any bottom feeding drain at least 4 feet away. How not to install drainage.
Stanley Hewell
I'm thinking if you use solid pipe and catch basins, you don't need to worry about soil buildup and wraps because you can just hydro jet it clean if it ever does clog. Landscape fabric will clog eventually, that's a fact.