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Posted by hallerb@aol.com on May 13, 2008, 2:13 pm
On May 13, 9:53=C2=A0am, trad...@optonline.net wrote:
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> > > No problem. =EF=BF=BDThe French drain is there to catch subgrade water=
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> > > coming in close to the walls - ain't necessarily so. =EF=BF=BDHaving t=
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> > > gravel and pipe at the proper depth and headed to a sump is what
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> > > > We hired a local construction company to install a french drain
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> > > > 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
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> > > > 'finishing' of the basement. Anyway, they cut the concrete floor
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> > > > 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.
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> > interior french drains locally all have block drain holes, with
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> > so any water that gets in a block has a way out not on the floor.....
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> They should have moved the water heater first.
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> I'd also point out that if you have a basement that has had water
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well they can pull heater then do that little section tying it into
the much larger job....
it sounded like the OP had plans to move heater to different location,
so this approach is reasonable.
oddly were in the middle of this now, were getting a new furnace with
air moving furnace a little.
have water issues, bottom of existing furnace rusted away.
so getting 12 feet where new furnace and other stuff will go, like new
hot water tank. later i will get the balance done.
with all my business stuff here theres really no other way, project
must be done in stages
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