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    ok to have french drain right along the wall?

    Hi all, I would also like your inputs on my plans of trench digging. I have no experience in this area whatsoever, hopefully I can do it right and avoid a lot of future headaches.Thank you in advance for your patience to finish my long post. I need to channel water away from "A" area as shown in...
  2. fsh

    ok to have french drain right along the wall?

    I guess this is another example of how widely misconceptions can spread, if you google on "french drain" or "basement waterproofing" I would say about 90% of the websites advise against using the corrugated pipes, check out this website just as an example...
  3. fsh

    ok to have french drain right along the wall?

    Hi oldestguy, I checked out the 4" PVC drain pipe at the local HD store, the drain holes along each side is probably around 1/2" diameter.Will the sand get into the holes easily?
  4. fsh

    ok to have french drain right along the wall?

    Hi, I understand that it is a bad idea to dig a french drain right next to the wall. However I have a situation like this: in order to fix a leak about 18" below grade (top of the foundation wall), we digged a 24" trech along that wall, waterproofed the area, now it comes the time to back fill...

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