Hey gents,
I don't normally hump this kind of job but it is for a friend I owe a favor too. When I first looked at it my thought was a french drain would take care of him but after reading many posts here on ct I started to wonder if it would solve the prob entirely. I would love any feedback anyone might have to offer.
The situation.
He has an active leak, very intermittent, he says even on a hard rain it may not flow. I tried to question if he was getting water after extended periods of heavy/intermittent rain trying to determine if it was a saturation vs. immediate gutter runoff prob. All his gutters pretty much drop right at the building. The lay of the property and the neighbors property pretty much throws all runoff from both right down along his wall it seemed to me.
On the drawing the ellipse inside at the wall midpoint was an old leak that somebody dealt with by an epoxy injection, it has been dry since. This old leak was about 4' high on the wall which would make near ground level.
The ellipse on the drawing at the corner is the current leak it is about 2' up on the wall. There wasn't any water infiltration at the slab that I saw or that he pointed out.
Initial plan.
My original thought was to french drain (I have done a couple) along the line in the drawing that start in back and runs down between the two houses terminating at the street. I would lay in a drainage pipe to pick up his three gutter sand run that in parallel (above) the french drain. The french drain I was going to put 3' down which would put it about 1'-2' above slab.
I want to solve this problem once, which is why I am inquiring about the footer drain. That would be a ***** in the tight space and bring the cost up to a level that may make his head explode so I don't want to do more than necessary (who does?).
I have been beginning to educate him on the destructiveness of water sloshing around in his foundation wall and that just stopping up the leak is only a) solving his "problem" temporarily and b) setting him up for a much bigger long term problem. I have been letting him know that what he needs to do is get the water away from the *outside* of his wall.
So pictures included, any questions fire away.
I don't normally hump this kind of job but it is for a friend I owe a favor too. When I first looked at it my thought was a french drain would take care of him but after reading many posts here on ct I started to wonder if it would solve the prob entirely. I would love any feedback anyone might have to offer.
The situation.
He has an active leak, very intermittent, he says even on a hard rain it may not flow. I tried to question if he was getting water after extended periods of heavy/intermittent rain trying to determine if it was a saturation vs. immediate gutter runoff prob. All his gutters pretty much drop right at the building. The lay of the property and the neighbors property pretty much throws all runoff from both right down along his wall it seemed to me.
On the drawing the ellipse inside at the wall midpoint was an old leak that somebody dealt with by an epoxy injection, it has been dry since. This old leak was about 4' high on the wall which would make near ground level.
The ellipse on the drawing at the corner is the current leak it is about 2' up on the wall. There wasn't any water infiltration at the slab that I saw or that he pointed out.
Initial plan.
My original thought was to french drain (I have done a couple) along the line in the drawing that start in back and runs down between the two houses terminating at the street. I would lay in a drainage pipe to pick up his three gutter sand run that in parallel (above) the french drain. The french drain I was going to put 3' down which would put it about 1'-2' above slab.
I want to solve this problem once, which is why I am inquiring about the footer drain. That would be a ***** in the tight space and bring the cost up to a level that may make his head explode so I don't want to do more than necessary (who does?).
I have been beginning to educate him on the destructiveness of water sloshing around in his foundation wall and that just stopping up the leak is only a) solving his "problem" temporarily and b) setting him up for a much bigger long term problem. I have been letting him know that what he needs to do is get the water away from the *outside* of his wall.
So pictures included, any questions fire away.
