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Install Styrofoam-Wrapped Drain Tile and Weep Boards

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How to fix a Wet basement with Draintile

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What happens here

A new drain tile system called Block & Drain, which is wrapped in styrofoam, is used. This system is significantly lighter and easier to maneuver into tight basement spaces compared to traditional drainage rock. Lava rock is also used as an additional drainage material around the drain tile due to its lightweight properties. Trenches are dug in the back room, including one where a weep board needs to be installed, requiring partial wall removal.

Goal: Place innovative drain tile and weep boards to capture and direct water.

Tools and materials

  • Block & Drain — Main drainage conduit, wrapped in styrofoam for easy handling
  • Lava Rock — Lightweight drainage material placed around the drain tile
  • Weep Board — To collect water migrating from or through the walls into the drainage system

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the back room here and let's see what we've got to do we're going to use what we' got here is we've got two footings uh in this place so we've got to take the wall down to get a wheat board in so that we can get capture all the water that's coming down off from the wall and get it into the drain towel system as well so we're going to show you that process after we have this whole thing carved away dug out and um the wheat board put in place which is the next step to this

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