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Best way to prevent water from flowing under my pier and bean home?
Posted on 8/24/19 at 9:46 pm
Posted on 8/24/19 at 9:46 pm
Should I add sand under my house? I put a french drain near my foundation but the water still flows under.
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Posted on 8/24/19 at 9:48 pm to GeauxZone90
How is the water getting under the home? Is the ground flat or does it have a slope?
Posted on 8/24/19 at 9:50 pm to GeauxZone90
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Best way to prevent water from flowing under my pier and bean home?
Replacing the beans with beams should help some
This post was edited on 8/24/19 at 9:51 pm
Posted on 8/24/19 at 10:06 pm to wickowick
There is a driveway and when it rains the water runs off the driveway to under the house. The french drain works some but today's large rain storm drenched the entire bottom of the house
Posted on 8/24/19 at 10:17 pm to GeauxZone90
Hard to say without seeing but sounds like you need to add some dirt to slope from the house to the driveway.
If you add sand under your house it’s just going to soak up the water anyway.
If you add sand under your house it’s just going to soak up the water anyway.
This post was edited on 8/24/19 at 10:35 pm
Posted on 8/24/19 at 10:57 pm to GeauxZone90
Well, it sounds like you either need to reverse gravity, or build up underneath your house.
As long as it isn't pooling under the house, it should be fine
As long as it isn't pooling under the house, it should be fine
Posted on 8/25/19 at 9:13 am to GeauxZone90
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I put a french drain near my foundation but the water still flows under.
How deep did you put the french drain? You probably need to go deeper.
Further, build a berm to deflect water away or even build up an area that allows water to go away from teh house, not towards it.
Posted on 8/25/19 at 12:06 pm to GeauxZone90
Can you provide greater detail? Di you have properly functioning gutters? How does the lot slope? Where is driveway in relation to house? Is the water flowing on the surface or from the ground? How much water is pooling under house? Is the french drain you installed working properly? What size pipe did you put? Are you in a low lying area?
Posted on 8/25/19 at 12:29 pm to GeauxZone90
I had a house on a slight slope and very long driveways etc
I had two large grates that fed a french drain in the front of my house and wrapped around to take the water to the side and out back behind house where it picked up the natural slope
The driveway was long (1/2acre lot)
And was a river when it rained I had a French drain put at end of it and had concrete low sides built up to funnel the water down the driveway
My house was slab but lots of neighbor up like yours and some did not take care of water and had bad problems later!!!!!
Do not ignore this issue!
I had two large grates that fed a french drain in the front of my house and wrapped around to take the water to the side and out back behind house where it picked up the natural slope
The driveway was long (1/2acre lot)
And was a river when it rained I had a French drain put at end of it and had concrete low sides built up to funnel the water down the driveway
My house was slab but lots of neighbor up like yours and some did not take care of water and had bad problems later!!!!!
Do not ignore this issue!
Posted on 8/25/19 at 1:24 pm to GeauxZone90
Really need pictures. I would have sand pumped under a house as a last resort. Is the land building around the house. Can you cut down around the house to get it to drain away.
Posted on 8/26/19 at 1:08 pm to GeauxZone90
Sump pump is the way to go.
Posted on 8/26/19 at 1:15 pm to GeauxZone90
No sand, will not stop the issue.
No berm, it will retain water under the house.
French drain large enough to hold the volume of a heavy rain like today.
Long term, you will have erosion as water continues to get underneath the home, this will cause structural issues.
Solution- keep it as dry as possible/dry it out as quick as possible- sump pump will do this.
You can call WCK foundations to look at your issues and see what they advise. I am a contractor and this is what I have seen be successful with pier and beam porches and homes
No berm, it will retain water under the house.
French drain large enough to hold the volume of a heavy rain like today.
Long term, you will have erosion as water continues to get underneath the home, this will cause structural issues.
Solution- keep it as dry as possible/dry it out as quick as possible- sump pump will do this.
You can call WCK foundations to look at your issues and see what they advise. I am a contractor and this is what I have seen be successful with pier and beam porches and homes
Posted on 8/26/19 at 1:32 pm to Iamhome
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Sump pump is the way to go
I agree, this might be the simplest and least expensive fix. I’ve DYI installed 2 sump pumps in my backyard to assist in backyard drainage and they work great for removing water during heavy downpours.
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