I'm back again after taking a little hiatus. I had a lot of questions before regarding a crawlspace, but I'm about to tackle a lot of issues within a short time now.
I have plans already to replace that crawlspace door with a custom steel-framed poly door and grout in between the door frame and the foundation rocks with a grout bag to seal the cracks and make it look neater. There were two large concrete blocks buried in the dirt underneath the outside of the door, which I have already removed in the photo. The blocks were allowing water to just flow right under the door. Now there is basically a little ledge under the door that keeps the water from running in unless it puddles up to the door and runs down the concrete ramp inside. However, it was also pine straw and some dirt washing in under the door, which is irritating.
Yes, the yard has a little slope towards the house. Too much trouble and too much money to fix that and I don't want to re-grade the yard. It might be "rigging" it, but oh well.
Which is more feasible for this? As you can see, the part on the side of the house basically slopes down and drops off about half of a foot or so into the grass (gutter extensions will be addressed in the near future). Could I dig a shallow spot under the door and make an inclined ramp with sides maybe 3" deep from the area under the door to the side of the house to the side? Water would just run down into the grass. Or is it more feasible to dig out the area under the door and run an angled french drain with corrugated pipe in drainage gravel with a metal grate of some sort over the top of the gravel?
https://image.ibb.co/fKKdWa/upload.jpg
I'm not a very good concrete former, so I'm wondering how difficult making such a ramp would be.
Basically I'm talking about a very long concrete gutter splash that would channel water away from under the door and to the side of the house, instead.
Something very similar to this:
http://www.sportys.com/media/catalo...0ec09b1e35df139433887a97daa66f/8/4/8454_3.jpg
Looking for some alternate suggestions other than grading the land. I know that's not the "right" way to fix it, but I'm fine with that.
I have plans already to replace that crawlspace door with a custom steel-framed poly door and grout in between the door frame and the foundation rocks with a grout bag to seal the cracks and make it look neater. There were two large concrete blocks buried in the dirt underneath the outside of the door, which I have already removed in the photo. The blocks were allowing water to just flow right under the door. Now there is basically a little ledge under the door that keeps the water from running in unless it puddles up to the door and runs down the concrete ramp inside. However, it was also pine straw and some dirt washing in under the door, which is irritating.
Yes, the yard has a little slope towards the house. Too much trouble and too much money to fix that and I don't want to re-grade the yard. It might be "rigging" it, but oh well.
Which is more feasible for this? As you can see, the part on the side of the house basically slopes down and drops off about half of a foot or so into the grass (gutter extensions will be addressed in the near future). Could I dig a shallow spot under the door and make an inclined ramp with sides maybe 3" deep from the area under the door to the side of the house to the side? Water would just run down into the grass. Or is it more feasible to dig out the area under the door and run an angled french drain with corrugated pipe in drainage gravel with a metal grate of some sort over the top of the gravel?
https://image.ibb.co/fKKdWa/upload.jpg
I'm not a very good concrete former, so I'm wondering how difficult making such a ramp would be.
Basically I'm talking about a very long concrete gutter splash that would channel water away from under the door and to the side of the house, instead.
Something very similar to this:
http://www.sportys.com/media/catalo...0ec09b1e35df139433887a97daa66f/8/4/8454_3.jpg
Looking for some alternate suggestions other than grading the land. I know that's not the "right" way to fix it, but I'm fine with that.
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