Article On Footing Drains

denick

Anyone who would like to contribute to the article we are going to try to write for the Buildpedia please post your interest here.

Anyone can be apart of this and we not only need technical advice we need people that can help proof read, edit, grammar, format, etc. We would like input from every part of the North American continent.

If you don't have a lot of experience or are in a related field and would like to be included let us know.

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Nick

"Every day I remind myself that my inner and outer life are based on the labors of other men, living and dead, and that I must exert myself in order to give in the same measure as I have received and am still receiving" Albert Einstein

tgeb

The whole frickin Continent?

It's going to get busy around here.

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Tom

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jmic

Nick,
Were you using PVC glue again today?

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Joe

denick

Joe,

Don't say anything. Your in, tgeb volunteered you last night

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Nick

"Every day I remind myself that my inner and outer life are based on the labors of other men, living and dead, and that I must exert myself in order to give in the same measure as I have received and am still receiving" Albert Einstein

jmic

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Nathan

Also, photos to add to the articles would be great as well!

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Nathan

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jmic

Nick,
I can remember the ages of like 6-9 helping my Dad doing footing drains using clay pipes with strips of tar paper over the joints and then putting hay over the stone, I think I got paid $ 2.00 / day. As I got older I'd do the drain work distributing the stone around the foundation by either using 5 gal. buckets or by wheel barrow, I'd do the whole job myself on a weekend and make $50.00 per house. I was raking in the loot. Boy those were the days!

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jmic

A photo of Nick!

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Joe

denick

Joe,
Boy Oh Boy, $2.00 you got two dollars?
You had a pail? you Had a wheelbarrow?

Man you sure had an easy life!

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Nick

"Every day I remind myself that my inner and outer life are based on the labors of other men, living and dead, and that I must exert myself in order to give in the same measure as I have received and am still receiving" Albert Einstein

Nathan

BTW, I just added a Excavation & Site Work topic to BuildPedia.com

Also, quick note:
Articles need to be posted under the authors real name and not a screen name. We want this to be an online Building Encyclopedia with great info and I think the use of real names will help.

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Nathan

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jmic

So Nick, How can I be of help to you on this article? Let me know.

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Joe

Double-A

More than willing to help. Let me know what I can do.

I'm willing to write, edit, proof, you name it. I don't have a great deal of experience with footing drains, but I'm always willing to share what I know.

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kid creole

so wheres it at???
it's getting harder for me to find any real answers here?

PipeGuy

Interest. What do you need from me? How do I provide it? I've built lots of underdrains though not 'foundation' drains specifically. In fact we're building 10 underdrain sytems now to serve about 6K SY of 'bio-retention' area(s). I've seen lots of design standards and specifications and have a fairly decent handle on the technical apsects - though I'm no engineer. Let me know.

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ron schenker

I'm good at proof reading. There's a mistake above, should read...
Howw due eye provyde iit

Just kidding I volunteer for proof reading

PipeGuy

Ya' got me Ron.

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kid creole

more jackass post still no answer on footing drains???

K2

I know quite a bit about footing drains in my area but I would shy away from making any generalizations on footing drains. My area has unique conditions not found in 98% of other areas and I would think many areas have some kind of unique conditions. In my opinion foundation drains would be a topic for an engineering forum.

rino1494

For the people in the colder regions, do you guys put a trap in the ditch to daylight ??

We never do it, but if it was my house, I think that I would.

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joasis

I'm in....I don't know why the lessons I learned about never voluntering didn't take....

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