Foundation drainage / Discussions

...drainage pipe anyway 4" away from outside wall and 12" down.   The proper procedure for building slab on grade foundation starts with building it on a suitable base that won't heave and that has sufficient drainage. First I would read this page - How to build a slab on grade foundation: the Ecohome step by step guide W...

...drainage I plan to put clean gravel next to the cement foundation walls which will go 4 feet into the ground in a trench and extend 2 feet above the ground, with the house floor above that; so the gravel would go the length of the wall, with a drain pipe at the bottom next to the bottom footing in the gravel on exterio...

...foundations need proper drainage, though this can be an expensive undertaking for a finished and landscaped house, so first aim for the low hanging fruit. By that we mean, be sure that the grade is sloped away from the house and not towards it. If you don’t have rain gutters on your roof, get some installed as the next...