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Hi all, i hope someone here can lend some insight into this problem:
>Ok, here’s the deal..we have a poured perimeter foundation ..the house is 28×36.We also poured at the same time, a to-be-added-later room of 24×16. The main part of the cabin is locked up. The 24×16 area becomes a lake in the winter here–lots of rain in N. Ca. and a clay/shale soil. I feel this is not good to have water standing like this so close to the foundation and particularly not next to the 24feet of foundation of the present house?? I am looking for suggestions as to what to do to elimate the water, or if, indeed i need to be concerned at all. ????
I hope someone responds to this soon…the rains have just teased us so far but they are not too far off.
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It seems like with that kind of soil you should have french drained it. perhaps you still could.
*I am wanting to add house lift to our foundation replacement business and am having no luck finding information on this subject. Am also interested in information on soil conditions, saturation etc.
*Hope I understand the situation. You want to remove water in an uncovered crawl? Run perf pipe around the inside, in stone and out the foundation to daylight. Or to a sump pit and pump it out. Graded properly, shouldn't be any standing water. Utilize this later to keep the crawl dry.
*what calvin said...all grade inside the foundation should slope to one corner, and at that point either a sump pit and pump or an exit drain pipe to daylight (preferred).