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The house is existing - about 80 years old. I'm getting water in the basement, mostly through the walls. The French drain (perforated pipe surround by crushed stone, enclosed with filter fabric) will be installed on the interior perimeter. In order to install a French drain, I'll have to trench...

I plan on installing an interior French drain around the perimeter of my full depth basement and was warned by a contractor that the basement floor should not be entirely cut (or separated) from the basement walls (via the French drain trenching and subsequent slot) because the concrete floor...

Doug, I've worked with a number of small consultants and each had similar problems like yours. One boss just had a good feel as to "what the market will bear", another would use quotes from similar projects and tweek the price accordingly. Others wouldn't care about the appropriateness of the...

If you had a good reason to install a french drain (like you wanted to keep your basement dry), then I see the result as good. The pumps are there for the purpose of getting rid of all the water that may otherwise be ponding on your basement floor. Just make certain, as cermorway eludes, that...

The question I have is this: is the water in your crawl space due to surface runoff, OR! do you have a high water table in your area (perhaps this is the case since you do not have a full basement). If it's surface runoff (from nearby highpoints), the you really only need to follow lha's advice...

I think the first thing you should know is: What are you planning to build on this site? Based on that answer, what is the range of foundations that the planned structure may require (least to most expensive)? If you are building a home, you're quite unlikely to need deep piles costing loads...