Joseph Grossi
Registered User
Hello,
I just purchased a home for my mother and in the basement a few inches from the cement floor on the cinder block foundation there are (4) 1 inch drain lines. They are only on one side of the house. I have not seen a setup like this before, I've asked around to some trade people and no one I know is familiar with this either. I do have two floor drains in the basement in the center of the basement. It looks like it is designed to drain water from around the foundation directly to the floor that then runs on the floor to the drains. We have gotten rain a few times since we got the house and there are times where there is no water draining and there are times where there is some water that comes out of those drain lines and then runs to the floor drain. Typically a small line of water a few inches wide, and not always from all four drain lines. The cinder block foundation is in perfect shape no buckling, cracks or repairs. All the blocks are flush and even. No other water issues anywhere in the basement either. I am assuming these drain lines are designed to keep pressure off the foundation. I just don't get why it was only done on one side of the house and there is not a lot of water that comes out of them. The previous owner did use lock tight on all the interior foundation walls a few years back so maybe there was water issues at one point but no damaged foundation or any trace of new water infiltration. Majority of the foundation walls are under grade.
Is anyone familiar with this type of setup?
Also I was considering plugging those four lines and then sealing the area with hydraulic cement and then some lock tight. Any thoughts on that?
I understand the right way to address this would be to put some french drains in on that side and then drain to floor drain. I am just trying to avoid that. I figured to try this first and if it does not work or creates new problems I can do the french drains
I would greatly appreciate any feedback on this that could helpful. Thank you in advance.
I just purchased a home for my mother and in the basement a few inches from the cement floor on the cinder block foundation there are (4) 1 inch drain lines. They are only on one side of the house. I have not seen a setup like this before, I've asked around to some trade people and no one I know is familiar with this either. I do have two floor drains in the basement in the center of the basement. It looks like it is designed to drain water from around the foundation directly to the floor that then runs on the floor to the drains. We have gotten rain a few times since we got the house and there are times where there is no water draining and there are times where there is some water that comes out of those drain lines and then runs to the floor drain. Typically a small line of water a few inches wide, and not always from all four drain lines. The cinder block foundation is in perfect shape no buckling, cracks or repairs. All the blocks are flush and even. No other water issues anywhere in the basement either. I am assuming these drain lines are designed to keep pressure off the foundation. I just don't get why it was only done on one side of the house and there is not a lot of water that comes out of them. The previous owner did use lock tight on all the interior foundation walls a few years back so maybe there was water issues at one point but no damaged foundation or any trace of new water infiltration. Majority of the foundation walls are under grade.
Is anyone familiar with this type of setup?
Also I was considering plugging those four lines and then sealing the area with hydraulic cement and then some lock tight. Any thoughts on that?
I understand the right way to address this would be to put some french drains in on that side and then drain to floor drain. I am just trying to avoid that. I figured to try this first and if it does not work or creates new problems I can do the french drains
I would greatly appreciate any feedback on this that could helpful. Thank you in advance.