jim_wilson
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After we moved into our place about ten years ago I discovered that we had a somewhat wet basement during certain times of the year.
To try and solve this problem I have installed some footer drain piping around the house foundation and also installed some other drain piping on other parts of the property where it appeared that there were drainage issues. I also installed drainage grates in front of each one of the garage bay openings for the new barn I built. The intention was to run piping over to the lowest part of the property and basically have them drain to the grade thru openings in a retaining wall I am putting in along that lowest part of the lot to allow me to build up the grade some.
I originally used a laser level to site everything out and figure out whether or not the piping would actually come out above grade in that location so they could naturally drain. I'm close to completing just one of the footer drainage pipes - and I've found that my calculations may have been a little off - since it's ending up about a foot and a half or so below grade in that location - and I can't really extend it out any further to make it come out above grade.
So it seems like I've got a problem there - and I'm not quite sure what the solution is. I was thinking of putting in a drywell - but I'm not sure if they're even legal around here (MA) . My other thought was just to put in a pit filled with rocks or sand and let the pipe drain into that and absorb into the soil - but I'm not really confident that will work because of what I've seen with the water table during the really wet season (it seems as if the water table is really close to the ground during a wet spring because you can dig down a foot or so - and it will fill up with water very quickly)
I'm wondering if maybe I dig down 6 or 7 feet if that would actually drain into the ground better - maybe the water is actually running along the soil layers and not absorbing in?
My sense is that a hole in the ground during the wet season around here is going to FILL with water from the surrounding ground though - not drain water that is dumped into it.
Then there's the issue of the drainage in front of the garage doors - it should be normally just run off from the driveway - does that need to get treated as contaminated water? Or can I just drain that off to grade also?
I'm starting to wonder if I shouldn't put in large sump and mount a pump in it - run some piping a couple hundred feet or so to the front of the property (highest part) - and dump the water to the storm drain system in the street.
I wanted to avoid this because it would rely on electricity to drain the water off and leave a pump to monitor and maintain - plus a bunch more piping to install.
Wondering what kind of suggestions people have on this problem
To try and solve this problem I have installed some footer drain piping around the house foundation and also installed some other drain piping on other parts of the property where it appeared that there were drainage issues. I also installed drainage grates in front of each one of the garage bay openings for the new barn I built. The intention was to run piping over to the lowest part of the property and basically have them drain to the grade thru openings in a retaining wall I am putting in along that lowest part of the lot to allow me to build up the grade some.
I originally used a laser level to site everything out and figure out whether or not the piping would actually come out above grade in that location so they could naturally drain. I'm close to completing just one of the footer drainage pipes - and I've found that my calculations may have been a little off - since it's ending up about a foot and a half or so below grade in that location - and I can't really extend it out any further to make it come out above grade.
So it seems like I've got a problem there - and I'm not quite sure what the solution is. I was thinking of putting in a drywell - but I'm not sure if they're even legal around here (MA) . My other thought was just to put in a pit filled with rocks or sand and let the pipe drain into that and absorb into the soil - but I'm not really confident that will work because of what I've seen with the water table during the really wet season (it seems as if the water table is really close to the ground during a wet spring because you can dig down a foot or so - and it will fill up with water very quickly)
I'm wondering if maybe I dig down 6 or 7 feet if that would actually drain into the ground better - maybe the water is actually running along the soil layers and not absorbing in?
My sense is that a hole in the ground during the wet season around here is going to FILL with water from the surrounding ground though - not drain water that is dumped into it.
Then there's the issue of the drainage in front of the garage doors - it should be normally just run off from the driveway - does that need to get treated as contaminated water? Or can I just drain that off to grade also?
I'm starting to wonder if I shouldn't put in large sump and mount a pump in it - run some piping a couple hundred feet or so to the front of the property (highest part) - and dump the water to the storm drain system in the street.
I wanted to avoid this because it would rely on electricity to drain the water off and leave a pump to monitor and maintain - plus a bunch more piping to install.
Wondering what kind of suggestions people have on this problem