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Verify Weep Board Functionality

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How to fix a Wet basement with Draintile

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What happens here

With the concrete poured, the weep board's function becomes critical. It acts as a collection channel, guiding any water that migrates through the walls, down the walls, or up from the ground, directly behind it and into the newly installed drain tile system below the floor. This effectively prevents water from reaching the basement floor itself.

Goal: Confirm the weep board is correctly channeling water into the drain tile system.

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crack will separate even further all the concrete in in the basement and I want to show you exactly how this wheep board works so because we in this case we have water that not only comes through the walls and Down the Walls and actually over the tops of the walls and in and from the ground up what we've done is this wheat board acts as a collection channel so as the water flows down the wall here it goes behind the wheat board and it allows it to go directly into the drain tile system below so it's just an Avenue for the water to escape before it migrates onto the floor the last part of it is putting the

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