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any reason I couldn't tap into a French drain to use it as a basement floor drain?
My water treatment equipment and hot water heater are at the opposite
end of the basement from the sump, which seem to be hooked to a French drain. There is about an inch of blue styrofoam all around the perimeter of the basement; when I busted a few chunks of it out I saw crushed rock underneath. I'm thinking about somehow setting up a system to drain the equipment to the crushed rock below the floor. This would save a bunch of shop-vaccing water off the floor when I have to break fittings for maintenance, or if something breaks. Any problems with such an approach? Thanks, Pete. |
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any reason I couldn't tap into a French drain to use it as a basement floor drain?
PH wrote:
My water treatment equipment and hot water heater are at the opposite end of the basement from the sump, which seem to be hooked to a French drain. There is about an inch of blue styrofoam all around the perimeter of the basement; when I busted a few chunks of it out I saw crushed rock underneath. I'm thinking about somehow setting up a system to drain the equipment to the crushed rock below the floor. This would save a bunch of shop-vaccing water off the floor when I have to break fittings for maintenance, or if something breaks. Any problems with such an approach? Thanks, Pete. I don't see any reason it wouldn't work. Sounds like the "French drain" was installed at a later date as a means of "waterproofing" the basement. The system should handle a generous quantity of water. Jim |
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any reason I couldn't tap into a French drain to use it as aba...
Does it go to a sump pump in the basement or downhill somewhere .
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