French Drain

French Drain was installed in our basement, after demolition of the walls, along with asbestos tile removal, and mold remediation service.

The mold remediation was conducted after the French Drain. And, the entire basement was sealed with this special paint.

After a rainstorm, I found this waterspot. I wasn't looking for any water leakage. I just happened upon it.

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Howto & Style

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• French
• Drain

[tweeetme]

That AC should have been lifted up in case of an other flood.

[mobilitytoday]

Its against the law.. You CANNOT drain to the main sewer even if you have a checkvalve. Go get an inspection and see!

[mattdamnhammond]

I thought a "French Drain" was located in the soil, outside the basement, around the bottom of the footer, to drain water away from the outside of the walls before it can leech into the basement. That thing there is a sump... and judging from the stains around the bottom of the walls and on the floor, it's not very effective.

[piliot]

Yes I noticed the check valve. But regardless of this valve being installed it was still wrong. This type of valve even if the line was allowed to connect to the sewer system which its not, can get stuck closed in case of a sewage backflow. The valve will fail once sewage is brought against it. In addition if you do not have a trap on the AC line radon gas can enter into the air stream if the return lacks air.This is also a code issue. So Bizzy you do not know what your talking about.

[bizzy12081]

yes that is the last place to have the discharge of a sump pump incase of a back up.

but if you knew what you were talking about. you would have notice the checkvalve just a lil higher then the crock opening

[piliot]

poor ac install. It should not be placed onto floor. also flex pipe is used only in attics where you cannot install metal pipe with insulation on it.

Also never should install sump drain into main drain. Even if you could where is the trap to prevent water from backflowing into the sump pit. Perhaps the bow in the pipe is supposed to prevent this. Where is its supports? Overall poor quality workmanship.

[hughjassben]

A sump pump should never be tied into your house drain, it should flow freely outside, Why?, you'll probubly find out next time your area is flooded, that often when a lot of rain falls, sewer drains become backed up, meaning your sump pump will most likely either burn out or just won't actually displace any water.

[skankytater]

Thank you for showing us your basement! :)