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Read more →Dig the trench 5-6″ deep or deep enough to keep the drain pipe level and below the crawl space soil line Do not put dirt on top of the drain tile, leave it open or covered with pea stone Do not dig the trench at a slope to the basin, this will cause erosion and your pipe will be to deep for the basin You should bury the entire drain pipe in pea stone if: it does not have a “sock” on the pipe. the soil is mostly clay. If the drain pipe does have a sock (which it should for this application) then stone is not necessary on all of the pipe. This is because the sock does part of stones job by filtering soil. *This advice does not apply to every job, everywhere. Please check with your local building codes and local experts for final design.
Read more →Matt, I wanted to take this opportunity to thank you so much for your website. It is extremely informative and helpful to the DIYer like myself–I’ve read every single page you have on your site. I have a fairly serious moisture problem in my crawlspace at my home in Virginia Beach. My washer machine plumbing had a small leak that I didn’t notice for many months. This has led to some pretty nasty mold growth under the crawlspace. I crawled down to check it last week and while I’m fairly certain it is structurally sound the things growing down their are horrid. I also noticed while I was down there that I have had significant pooling of rain/ground water near the front of my house. I had every intention of buying your products and doing the vapor barrier/sump/dehumidifier install myself, however after looking at my situation closely, I don’t think you could pay me enough to do it. I only have about 18 inches of height and 24 individual pilings that would need wrapped. Not gonna happen. So I called a well respected local company, JES basement systems. All they do is crawlspaces and basements. They use the Clean Space line
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