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Crawlspace question about drainage

Posted on 4/13/24 at 9:12 am
Posted by plaric
Pike Road, Alabama
Member since Jun 2011
2205 posts
Posted on 4/13/24 at 9:12 am
Do you guys that have crawlspaces just line the perimeter of your space with french drains leading to a sump pump or do you put drains throughout the middle of the area as well?
Posted by ChEgrad
Member since Nov 2012
3282 posts
Posted on 4/13/24 at 12:10 pm to
I have neither and seem to be ok.

Across the street they trenched the entire perimeter and added French drains to a sump with a pump. I don’t see why you should need to do the middle.
Posted by East Coast Band
Member since Nov 2010
62963 posts
Posted on 4/14/24 at 10:00 am to
Allow me to discuss a house my wife fell in love with that hugely fortunately it was sold before we bought it.
Absolutely a disaster of a house.
The house had a half basement, half crawl space.
But, the house may cave in someday because of the horrendous foundation.
The front yard sloped down to the house, (about 5 foot drop over 50 feet or so)
No French drains.
The front porch pillars were caving in, water seeped into the basement to one of two sump pumps.
Water flowed into the crawl space. The cinderblock wall fronting the basement was cracking and being supported by these added steel framing pieces.
The back corner of the house was cracking and needed helical piers to raise.
Just awful.
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