Questions tagged [drainage]
Use this tag when the topic is about controlling water runoff, particularly near structures but also in yards or elsewhere.
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Can top of brick wall be level?
I understand it is preferable that brick wall tops be sloped so that water drains off instead of permeating into the wall causing accelerated decay. One of the reasons I would like to leave it flat as ...
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Retrofitting Drain Where Patio Meets Retaining Wall
I just installed a patio 24' x 22' with a retaining wall that is around the perimeter of it, and it looks like water pools too much at the end of the slope (where patio meets retaining wall). There ...
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Weep Vents for double skin retaining wall
I'm going to building a retaining wall to level my garden. The wall is not touching the house, I'm trying to work out the drainage solutions for this wall. Its not going to be too dissimilar from the ...
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Best way to seal underground bore pipe which is in a pit
I have a closed bore pipe whose width is 6 inches and the pipe goes upto 30 feet deep.
The bore pipe is in a pit whose depth is 6 feet.
I have other drainage pits whose water level is 1 to 2 feet from ...
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What on earth is this that came out of my sink's drain?
Our kitchen sink was draining really slowly so I went to town with the plunger. When it finally unblocked I went outside to where the waste drains and found all of this!
Yuck!
Can anyone tell me what ...
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Redirect plugged gutter downspout drain
The rear gutter downspout drain at the back of my house is apparently clogged (or crushed, or overgrown with roots). The previous homeowner said a nearby window well flooded due to the overflow and ...
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How to terminate a soil drain pipe into the earth and avoid blockages
Is this advised? How would I set up the end of my drain pipe so as not to get a backflow of dirt and have the pipe get clogged. I'm thinking rock, then black cover, then more rock, then dirt, with the ...
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Should I be using this white pipe to drain my sump pump?
When I moved into this house earlier this year, the sump pump had a black hose connected to the pipe like the one here except the old one was super beat up (probably got ran over by a lawnmower).
I ...
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Rain diverter on metal roof [closed]
I have a standing-seam metal roof (without gutters), which pitches down over the front door. This causes a couple of issues:
It is awkward to go out the door when it is raining, as you need to walk ...
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Maximum distance between sink basket and floor outlet pipe
I am installing double bowl sink on the benchtop. I am not sure what maximum length is allowed between trap below the sink and pipe outlet on the floor?
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Prevent water seepage through concrete block foundation
Earlier this week we had a really warm day which was welcomed by many after such a long cold winter. That night I came home to find a small puddle forming on my basement floor. I followed the water ...
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How to proactively prevent termite infestation
I'm seeing ants boring holes through Tiles and ejecting sand and I'm told ants are first to come then comes the Termite.
Outside my building I'm seeing lots of ant colonies where if can lay our feet , ...
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Remove water run off stains on concrete
We had some planters installed in our backyard and the drainage wasn’t really thought through well. So when it rained, some water stains were left on our concrete.
What’s a good way to remove these ...
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Best way to prevent basement flooding
I am trying to mitigate my basement flooding. The flooding is pretty minimal. Just in two location water seeps through the floor. One spot is in the back corner of the house and the other is along the ...
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Extending pvc drainage pipe that's "type c" (tele-duct)
I need to extend some 4" PVC drainage pipe. The problem I'm having is that the existing pipe is "Type C" ("tele-duct"). It has a slightly different outer diameter (4.350") than a typical PVC pipe (e....
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Is it ok or normal for my sump pump to run as much as it does? [closed]
Is the frequency that my sump pump is discharging normal? Is this ok? Should I be concerned about my finished (split level/raised ranch) basement? As of today my sump pump is discharging approximately ...
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How far out to install French drain so water can't pass underneath it and still get into house?
We have Bilco doors in our backyard that go down into our basement. Our basement is cinder block foundation. Unfortunately our entire back yard slopes downward toward the house, and so during heavy ...
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Does a drainage pipe need to be continuously sloped?
I need to move water from the back yard to the front yard, to combat the monsoon season, in which a 50 gallon container in the backyard can fill up in 1-2 minutes. I bought some 4" piping, and ...
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Water in Basement After Heavy Rain
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Hi everyone. I consistently have water in my basement on the Eastern wall of my house every time it rains heavily - 1.5 inches or more in a 24 hour period. The water seeps in through ...
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Why is water escaping my downspouts onto the concrete pad?
A post on what I should do with a new house suggested that I walk the lawn when it was raining cats and dogs. I took that advice this weekend and noticed something very interesting about my downspouts....
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What to do about downspout that empties into gangway?
We have a downspout that empties onto our gangway sidewalk. In the winter this becomes an ice rink. One side of the walkway is flanked by our building, the other is a small garden on our neighbor's ...
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Is it ok to have condensate drain pipe onto concrete next to foundation?
Here is another madness my heat pump & heat pump water heater installer did: The condensate drain (operated by a pump) runs directly on the concrete, next to the exterior wall (and hence ...
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Flooding problem
I have an area between my concrete drive way and house that floods every time we have a hard rain. The water seeps through the brick and floods my living room. What is the best and cheapest way to fix ...
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Is it permissible to connect water softener drain(s) to tub/shower unit overflow drain? How? [closed]
My A.O. Smith water softener system (6-month sediment pre-filter, 6-year whole-house filter tank, 6-year descaler tank, and 6-month sediment post-filter) seems not up to the job of softening the local ...
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Solutions for roof drainage with large amounts of water/ice?
My new shop is 30x60, single sloped the LONG way (water drains along 60 feet). This is making for some large amounts of water coming off the end during storms, which makes washouts on the sloped ...
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Mildew at the base of exterior block wall
The back wall of my row house is made of uninsulated block with a cement coating that looks like stucco. There is mildew / mold on the wall at the ground level that has slowly been getting worse.
The ...
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Will this work? Shower drain to Flow Well to Storm Drain
My outside shower drain runs 12 feet to a dry well. It backs up after a minute or two after showering. I'm looking at other options and would appreciate any feedback. I have several neighbors with ...
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How do I properly rebuild this retaining wall?
Retaining Wall breakdown progress
I wanted to replace the posts on my porch but the retaining wall was getting dangerously close to them so I had to address it first.
I started taking it down and I ...
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Durable leak-proof connections / couplings for corrugated drainage pipes
PVC pipes can be joined using couplers and glue to form a durable water tight connection. I have not had any such luck with corrugated pipes - and have had to deal with the consequences of leaking ...
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Non woven geotextile fabric for french drain clogging in heavy clay
I did a lot of research on french drains before I hired a landscaper to put one in a month ago. Followed advice of the French Drain Man and used 4oz non woven geo textile fabric. I also had standing ...
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Can foam jacking restore slope to my front stoop?
The stoop in the front door inclines towards the house and guides the water into the crawlspace. The stoop itself is outside the foundation wall of the house and is not fixed to it. The lower part of ...
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Egress window well - can't drain to weeping tile because I keep hitting concrete
I am installing an egress window in the basement of a house built in Colorado in 1965 (maybe those details will help?). I have dug the well ~12" below where the bottom of the new window will be. ...
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Could water flowing out of a drain tile pipe cause a foundation leak?
I need advice on a French drain I am building on my property. I have 2 low spots behind the house near my deck that become water puddles when it rains. I am planning to build a 60ft French drain with ...
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What kind of pipe should I use for a gutter drain under a driveway?
I need to divert water from a rain gutter. The problem is that I need to run the pipe under a side driveway. What is the best pipe that will hold up with vehicle traffic? How deep does the ditch need ...
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Placing drain pipe below pavement [duplicate]
In this picture you can see a paved path separating a flower bed on the near side and a drainage trench on the far side.
The pavement sits in a bed of compacted gravel, and is held in place by two ...
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Downspout drainage beneath flat section of yard
In the area behind my house, the ground slopes downward, creating a 2.5ft drop over a span of 12ft. After this slope, the terrain levels out for about 70ft until it reaches the property boundary.
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Why is there a 1/2-inch hole drilled in my heater exhaust?
I have a Carrier high efficiency furnace which uses 2-inch PVC pipes to pull in combustion air from outside and exhaust the combustion gasses back outside (through a concentric vent, but that's not ...
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What are these gaps in foundation footing?
A section of foundation I excavated has gaps in the foundation footing. They are uniformly spaced apart and look very intentional. As far as I can tell they are at least 4-5 inches deep (that was as ...
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Cinder block foundation dissolving from water
I discovered that water seems to be dissolving the cinder blocks in one corner of the addition we had put on the house back in 2005. Although I haven't excavated it yet, I can see at least 2 cinder ...
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Imrpove drainage
We have a negetive slope driveway, it has a dry well right in front of the garage door with a big drain cover, every time it rains heavily, water flows into garage, due to unevenness of the floor, ...
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How to seal off sewer gasses on a 3" horizontal sewer pipe coming into a sump pit?
I have a drain in the front vestibule that I've turned into a sump pit since I have stormwater backup that I need pumped out of it when the backyard floods and overflows into the front drain through ...
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Installing a channel drain
Is it advisable to convert a single round drain into a channel drain? Will this help lessen the frequency of clogging with leaves or other debris?
Is it just a matter of cutting a wide strip out the ...
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How thick does the impermeable layer need to be when grading a yard?
I'm grading my yard and have found a deep layer of sand (at least 2 ft) extending out about 10ft. Perhaps the sub base for a patio? I understand I need an impermeable layer to ensure rain runs away ...
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Draining a washer straight into the sump discharge line?
My house was built in the 1980s and when I was in my crawl space, having to replace the leaky check valve ( vertical orientation, right above the sump pit, then the drainage line turns horizontal ...
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Who do I hire to repair damage from a leak from the deck into the house?
Backstory: we bought a ~130 year old wood-framed house a year ago in MA. The previous owners maybe 10 years ago added a two car garage to the back of the house and a large deck on the roof of the ...
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Draining Dehumidifier through window
We are getting a dehumidifier for our basement and attaching it to a condensate pump. We would like to drain it out the window, but we want to know how to do that without having the window needing to ...
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House Has Apron - Sump Pump Goes Out Window - Proper Drain In Wrong Place Still Better?
So my house has a concrete apron, about 20" or so off the house, and then grass.
The current sump discharge is out a hole in a plexiglass window.
I was going to lay a proper 4" SD pipe out ...
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Is a filled in sump pump pit a problem?
Filled in sump pump pit an issue? Considering buying new home. Sump pit was filled in at some point with no record of who/why (home is from 2001). Unsure if pit is filled with concrete or other ...
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Should water be dripping from my furnace condensate line onto the basement floor?
I recently had a Lennox A/C and furnace installed. The condensate line drips water into the basement floor drain, as my old one did. But now there's also a little side vent in the line that is also ...
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how to divert a corrugated round downspout when I can only find non corrugated adapters
I need to add a downspout diverter to my 3" round corrugated downspout. I have a combined sewer and storm sewer system in my basement and don't want it to overflow during heavy fast downpours ...
