There\u2019s water under the house:
\nFixed the bathroom drain that was more like a sieve than a pipe. <\/p>\n
There\u2019s still water under the house:
\nRerouted the gutter water on the north side of the house by making a dry river bed to the ditch, put 3 foot extensions on the west side gutter pipes, and extended splash trays for the south side.<\/p>\n
There\u2019s still water under the house:
\nWell, I think I\u2019ll have to just continue with the sump pump until it dries up a bit. Next I\u2019ll be digging out the old gutter drainage around the back side of the house. I could kind of see how someone might think that running pipe along the foundation base to drain roof water was a good idea, but it would have been helpful if they would have designed a place for it to drain TO.<\/p>\n
WANTED: A person with tractor and experience grading reasonably flat lawns in the Willamette valley. Knowledge of french drains and general drainage a bonus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
There\u2019s water under the house: Fixed the bathroom drain that was more like a sieve than a pipe. There\u2019s still water under the house: Rerouted the gutter water on the north side of the house by making a dry river … Continue reading