Drain Tile Question

bobbrown

does anyone install foundation drain tile around a monolithic slab on grade foundation or a shallow footer/wall/ slab on grade foundation where freeze/thaw is not going to happen. i'm talking about a filled raised lot in southern florida.
thanks

PipeGuy

Provided soils are well drained, I can't imagine what puprose drain tile might serve in tropical climates.

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ncor

any more i do as a mater of course. been through enough 8" eave overhang copled with sprinkler systems that wash home owners houses opposed to sprinkling their lawns to recognise climes below the masion dixion get enough rain to float a slab, crack brick walls and generally create havoc with deluge and drought senarios on southern biulding code slabs.

dayexco

you have enough rain, or a sprinkler system capable of floating a concrete floor slab, you have more problems than a little drain tile will help.

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rino1494

There is no need for a drain tile system. Even if you have footers and there is no crawlspace or full basement and the foundation will be filled with a slab ontop, you still don't need a drain.

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jmic

Please no more SPAM, MAM.

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