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rain drains Kathy 10-14-2006
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Posted by Kathy on October 14, 2006, 12:12 pm


I am an inexperienced lady trying to put the rain drain system in myself.
We are having a log home built. It is on a slope in the northwest so we
get plenty of rain. There is a daylight basement and the builder did put
in a french drain all the way around the house and then he back filled. I
dug down to the footings on the daylight side of the house but as the
gound sloped up I was about 18" deep on the filled side. My question: is
that deep enough to put my 3" drain pipe down? Do I connect it to the
french drain? Any other advice? Kathy

Kathy the digger

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Posted by Pat on October 14, 2006, 12:50 pm



>I am an inexperienced lady trying to put the rain drain system in myself.
> We are having a log home built. It is on a slope in the northwest so we
> get plenty of rain. There is a daylight basement and the builder did put
> in a french drain all the way around the house and then he back filled. I
> dug down to the footings on the daylight side of the house but as the
> gound sloped up I was about 18" deep on the filled side. My question: is
> that deep enough to put my 3" drain pipe down? Do I connect it to the
> french drain? Any other advice? Kathy
>
> Kathy the digger

If you connect your gutter drains to your french drains you may filling the
foundation area with roof water. You need to be sure the roof water is
directed away from the house. Any depth is okay.



Posted by Goedjn on October 14, 2006, 6:31 pm


On Sat, 14 Oct 2006 09:50:44 -0700, "Pat"

>
>>I am an inexperienced lady trying to put the rain drain system in myself.
>> We are having a log home built. It is on a slope in the northwest so we
>> get plenty of rain. There is a daylight basement and the builder did put
>> in a french drain all the way around the house and then he back filled. I
>> dug down to the footings on the daylight side of the house but as the
>> gound sloped up I was about 18" deep on the filled side. My question: is
>> that deep enough to put my 3" drain pipe down? Do I connect it to the
>> french drain? Any other advice? Kathy
>>
>> Kathy the digger
>
>If you connect your gutter drains to your french drains you may filling the
>foundation area with roof water. You need to be sure the roof water is
>directed away from the house. Any depth is okay.

Depending on what you mean by "northwest" What's the frost
depth at your altitute/lattitude?


Posted by mike on October 14, 2006, 11:11 pm



Kathy wrote:
> I am an inexperienced lady trying to put the rain drain system in myself.
> We are having a log home built. It is on a slope in the northwest so we
> get plenty of rain. There is a daylight basement and the builder did put
> in a french drain all the way around the house and then he back filled. I
> dug down to the footings on the daylight side of the house but as the
> gound sloped up I was about 18" deep on the filled side. My question: is
> that deep enough to put my 3" drain pipe down? Do I connect it to the
> french drain? Any other advice? Kathy
>
> Kathy the digger

Your downspouts generate thousands of gallons of water. Don't dump
this into the drainage system for your foundation. It's asking for
problems now or down the road.

Instead, have your downspouts drain into underground drain pipe that
leads to a safe area far away from the foundation of your house. The
best system is to have the drain pipe go to daylight if you have a
sufficient grade drop. If not, you can use a pop-up emitters with a
seepage system (hole in bottom of pipe, pipe surrounded by gravel and
geotextile fabric). That way, left over water eventually drains and
prevents your drain pipes from breaking during a hard freeze.


Posted by on October 15, 2006, 9:30 am



>
> Kathy wrote:
>> I am an inexperienced lady trying to put the rain drain system in myself.
>> We are having a log home built. It is on a slope in the northwest so we
>> get plenty of rain. There is a daylight basement and the builder did put
>> in a french drain all the way around the house and then he back filled. I
>> dug down to the footings on the daylight side of the house but as the
>> gound sloped up I was about 18" deep on the filled side. My question: is
>> that deep enough to put my 3" drain pipe down? Do I connect it to the
>> french drain? Any other advice? Kathy
>>
>> Kathy the digger
>
> Your downspouts generate thousands of gallons of water. Don't dump
> this into the drainage system for your foundation. It's asking for
> problems now or down the road.
>
I'll second that. Previous owner here did that, and seemed clueless why the
basement was wet. Sawing those off and adding elbows and extensions and
splash blocks was the first thing I did, even before I moved in. Made a big
difference. I almost never get any seepage now.

For OP, if this is a cabin in the woods, I'd try Real Hard to do without
gutters at all, due to the leaf/pine needle loading problem. Big overhangs,
and careful yard grading to get drainage, with a gravel planting bed or
pavers or something at the drip lines.

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