On Sat, 14 Oct 2006 09:50:44 -0700, "Pat"
wrote:


"Kathy" wrote in message
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I am an inexperienced lady trying to put the rain drain system in myself.
We are having a log home built. It is on a slope in the northwest so we
get plenty of rain. There is a daylight basement and the builder did put
in a french drain all the way around the house and then he back filled. I
dug down to the footings on the daylight side of the house but as the
gound sloped up I was about 18" deep on the filled side. My question: is
that deep enough to put my 3" drain pipe down? Do I connect it to the
french drain? Any other advice? Kathy

Kathy the digger

If you connect your gutter drains to your french drains you may filling the
foundation area with roof water. You need to be sure the roof water is
directed away from the house. Any depth is okay.

Depending on what you mean by "northwest" What's the frost
depth at your altitute/lattitude?