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  1. hjagnew

    Sump crock holes

    The next three items are informational, but love the fourth item, and gets to the heart of my question. > Do you have a foundation drain around the outside perimeter of the basement? Around the outside of the footers, there is 4" drain tile pipe, that drain tile pipe connects to a similar drain...
  2. hjagnew

    Sump crock holes

    I'm sorry, I may not have been clear in what I was asking. I've included a crude sketchup of the current implementation. The foundation is in place already, so no easy changes. I also have a hand full of corrections to my original description so I'll try to summarize a fresh. We have a 4"...
  3. hjagnew

    Sump crock holes

    Sorry for the lengthy description... The soil in our project was identified by our engineer to be Marlboro Clay and as such the engineer recommended that we over excavate the basement by 3 feet and install 2 feet of #3 stone and then 1 foot of #57 stone under the entire foundation. (1.5+...

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