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French drain capitol 05-12-2008
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Posted by capitol on May 12, 2008, 9:52 am


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We hired a local construction company to install a french drain and to
finish off our entire basement. Along one of the walls sits the hot water
heater. They plan on moving it but not until the start the actual
'finishing' of the basement. Anyway, they cut the concrete floor and
installed the drain around the hot water heater, coming out about three
feet. Should they have moved it then proceeded with the french drain. Our
basement does get wet so I'm a bit concerned. The contractor says its no
big deal.

Thanks.


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Posted by hallerb@aol.com on May 12, 2008, 5:57 pm
On May 12, 9:52=EF=BF=BDam, mgray_at_capitol-comm_dot_...@foo.com (capitol)
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>
> We hired a local construction company to install a french drain and to
> finish off our entire basement. Along one of the walls sits the hot water
> heater. They plan on moving it but not until the start the actual
> 'finishing' of the basement. Anyway, they cut the concrete floor and
> installed the drain around the hot water heater, coming out about three
> feet. Should they have moved it then proceeded with the french drain. Our
> basement does get wet so I'm a bit concerned. The contractor says its no
> big deal.
>
> Thanks.
>
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yes it should of been moved. perhaps they will drill weep holes in the
block when the tank is moved?

if the tank is older its a good time to replace it

Posted by Dan Espen on May 12, 2008, 7:06 pm
mgray_at_capitol-comm_dot_com@foo.com (capitol) writes:

> We hired a local construction company to install a french drain and to
> finish off our entire basement. Along one of the walls sits the hot water
> heater. They plan on moving it but not until the start the actual
> 'finishing' of the basement. Anyway, they cut the concrete floor and
> installed the drain around the hot water heater, coming out about three
> feet. Should they have moved it then proceeded with the french drain. Our
> basement does get wet so I'm a bit concerned. The contractor says its no
> big deal.

He's right.
They went around my furnace.
Absolute worst thing that can happen is that you have a trickle of
water flow from the wall to the drain.
It's not going to hurt anything since you won't have a finished floor
under the water heater.

Posted by DanG on May 13, 2008, 6:49 am
No problem. The French drain is there to catch subgrade water
before it is on top of the floor. The assumption is that it is
coming in close to the walls - ain't necessarily so. Having the
gravel and pipe at the proper depth and headed to a sump is what
matters.

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>
>
> -------------------------------------
>
> We hired a local construction company to install a french drain
> and to
> finish off our entire basement. Along one of the walls sits the
> hot water
> heater. They plan on moving it but not until the start the
> actual
> 'finishing' of the basement. Anyway, they cut the concrete floor
> and
> installed the drain around the hot water heater, coming out
> about three
> feet. Should they have moved it then proceeded with the french
> drain. Our
> basement does get wet so I'm a bit concerned. The contractor
> says its no
> big deal.
>
> Thanks.
>
>
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Posted by hallerb@aol.com on May 13, 2008, 8:13 am
> No problem. =EF=BF=BDThe French drain is there to catch subgrade water
> before it is on top of the floor. =EF=BF=BDThe assumption is that it is
> coming in close to the walls - ain't necessarily so. =EF=BF=BDHaving the
> gravel and pipe at the proper depth and headed to a sump is what
> matters.
>
> --
> ______________________________
> Keep the whole world singing . . . .
> DanG =EF=BF=BD(remove the sevens)
> dgriff...@7cox.net
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> > -------------------------------------
>
> > We hired a local construction company to install a french drain
> > and to
> > finish off our entire basement. Along one of the walls sits the
> > hot water
> > heater. They plan on moving it but not until the start the
> > actual
> > 'finishing' of the basement. Anyway, they cut the concrete floor
> > and
> > installed the drain around the hot water heater, coming out
> > about three
> > feet. Should they have moved it then proceeded with the french
> > drain. Our
> > basement does get wet so I'm a bit concerned. The contractor
> > says its no
> > big deal.
>
> > Thanks.
>
> > ##-----------------------------------------------##
> > Delivered via =EF=BF=BDhttp://www.thestuccocompany.com/
> > Building Construction and Maintenance Forum
> > Web and RSS access to your favorite newsgroup -
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interior french drains locally all have block drain holes, with
plastic trim.

so any water that gets in a block has a way out not on the floor.....
not making wall wet.

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