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Default Concrete block wall with drain?

On Sun, 2 Jun 2019 06:51:30 -0500, Dean Hoffman
wrote:

On 6/1/19 10:13 AM, trader_4 wrote:
On Saturday, June 1, 2019 at 10:59:04 AM UTC-4, dpb wrote:
On 6/1/2019 8:31 AM, Davej wrote:
On Friday, May 31, 2019 at 7:10:31 PM UTC-5, Clare Snyder wrote:
On Fri, 31 May 2019, Davej wrote:
[...]... but the easiest solution would be a wall
that incorporates a drain. Does this exist? Thanks.

There is if you build it that way.

That is the puzzle. I could remove the concrete block wall,
install a series of drains, cover the drains with styrofoam
blanks and then pour a new concrete wall which would then
have pockets for the drains.

What's on the other side of this wall? Where's the water going to end
up going?

If it's just a block wall unless they infilled it, you can just poke the
drains through it.

Certainly w/o seeing the situation it's difficult to say anything truly
definitive...post some pics somewhere...

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Yes, also unknown is how much water? If it's just 1/2" that's left
after a rain, just drilling some holes to give it a way out might be
enough.

My one idea was the exhaust vent of a clothes dryer. Knock out the
little flaps if appearance is an issue and put one on each side.


They make a fart fan vent cover for 3" and 4" ducts that just have
small fixed louvers. (Metal or plastic)