The holes need to be on the bottom for any proper French drain
install. It would be best to remove flower beds and gravel dumps
at the face of the foundation and make sure that water and
downspouts could get away from the foundation. 1/2" per foot
minimum for the first 10 feet is code, though seldom enforced.

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"Puddin' Man" wrote in message
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Greetings,

I belong to a little brick bungalow in the midwest US, built in
'54, poured-concrete foundation. Densely populated urban area.

When we get a hard rain with the wind from the north, I get some
water seepage in the basement in the front, more-or-less under
the front picture-window.

Where the foundation meets grade out front is a small gravel
garden
and 3 large yews with trunks 12-18" from the building. It's all
on
the side of a hill, the grade there gradually tapers down maybe
30
degrees.

I'm thinking if I had some flexible plastic drain pipe, I could
maybe dig a channel where the grade meets the masonry. The pipe
would have to be open or perforated on top, solid on bottom so
it would route rainwater down and away from the foundation.

Does this sound like a viable approach? Does such drain pipe
(maybe 4" diameter) exist, say, in the hideous big-boxes like
Homey-Depot? Other ideas??

TIA,
Puddin'

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