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Posted by on April 5, 2007, 3:43 pm
On Apr 5, 2:17 pm, m...@malch.com (Malcolm Hoar) wrote:
bslu...@gmail.com wrote:
> >My house sits on a slope and the back right corner of my house is
> >about 3 ft lower then front left of my house. When we have heavy
> >rains, I will get water standing at the foundation in the back right
> >corner. The water will drain out within a day. I had the county come
> >out and look at it and they said that as long as the water is not
> >standing it was not a problem. My question is, could I install a
> >small drain (2" pvc pipe punch through the block and brick) through
> >the foundation to speed up the drainage of the water? I have diverted
> >all the gutters to get the water away from the house.
>
> It the water is appearing regularly (more than a handful of times
> per year) I would look for additional measures to prevent the
> initial accumulation, if at all practical. You've done the obvious
> thing by diverting the gutter run off. Maybe you need to take
> another look at the grading?
>
> Regardless of frequency, it would be prudent to install that
> additional drain to get the water out from the crawl space
> more rapidly.
>
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It only happens when we have more then an inch or two of rain in a
short period of time . I doubt it happens more then 5 or 6 times a
year. Thanks for the quick response. Any recommendation on how large
of a diameter of pipe I should use?
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