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Well we have a food thread, a gardening thread, a wildlife photos thread, a best music/tunes thread, . . . sooooo 
Why not a practical DIY = do it yourself thread for sharing tips and info on home repairs and renovation.
My home has a drainage problem. In a relatively dry area or period, it's not a problem. However, when we have 8 or more inches of rain in a 24 hr period (which seems to be more common these days), we can get some flooding. The basement, which is cinderblock on un-reinforced slab
, is too porous and it just happens to be the lower open point on the property. We have a hill behind us and several acre-feet of water must pass down the gradient through my property.
I am hoping that a sewer line will go past - someday.
Anyway, I am consider some alternatives such a French or curtain drains and some kind of catch basin, which has to circumnavigate our septic system and drain field.
Meanwhile, I have found some very useful references.
http://www.greenacresusa.com/Drainage_Systems.html
http://www.ndspro.com/Downloads/
http://www.ndspro.com/Downloads/POED_ShortCourse.pdf - short course on drainage systems! I think Evo's Pit of Doom needs something like this.
http://www.askthebuilder.com/B119_Curtain_Drain_Tips.shtml
http://www.askthebuilder.com/B70_Linear_French_Drain_Systems.shtml
http://www.selfhelpforums.com/showthread.php?t=8346
Of course, there is already an entire DIY forum - http://forum.doityourself.com/
Why not a practical DIY = do it yourself thread for sharing tips and info on home repairs and renovation.
My home has a drainage problem. In a relatively dry area or period, it's not a problem. However, when we have 8 or more inches of rain in a 24 hr period (which seems to be more common these days), we can get some flooding. The basement, which is cinderblock on un-reinforced slab
I am hoping that a sewer line will go past - someday.
Anyway, I am consider some alternatives such a French or curtain drains and some kind of catch basin, which has to circumnavigate our septic system and drain field.
Meanwhile, I have found some very useful references.
http://www.greenacresusa.com/Drainage_Systems.html
http://www.ndspro.com/Downloads/
http://www.ndspro.com/Downloads/POED_ShortCourse.pdf - short course on drainage systems! I think Evo's Pit of Doom needs something like this.
http://www.askthebuilder.com/B119_Curtain_Drain_Tips.shtml
http://www.askthebuilder.com/B70_Linear_French_Drain_Systems.shtml
http://www.selfhelpforums.com/showthread.php?t=8346
Of course, there is already an entire DIY forum - http://forum.doityourself.com/
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