I live in ROchester, NY and we get a lot of snow in winter. I have had a contractor help me with a project of "walk up basement with door"
He dug all the way below the footer, and made a concrete landing with a drain in the center, the drain is connected with draintile which goes under the footer(made a tunnel by digging under footer) into the gravel below the basement floor. His explanation was this way the water will go into the inside draintile below the basement floor and from there to the sump pump.
Is this the right way to do this?
Reason why i am worried is another mason i knew told me today that draintile in the basement floor is usally at the level of the footer, so going under the footer is not a good option because that means water level has to be so high for it to drain. His suggestion was to break the landing up again and make a tunnel through the footer and then put draintile in.
Another important point is there is no draintile in the perimeter of the house on the outside, so that is why we want to connect to the draintile inside
I am really confused and worried andwould like some suggestions/help
He dug all the way below the footer, and made a concrete landing with a drain in the center, the drain is connected with draintile which goes under the footer(made a tunnel by digging under footer) into the gravel below the basement floor. His explanation was this way the water will go into the inside draintile below the basement floor and from there to the sump pump.
Is this the right way to do this?
Reason why i am worried is another mason i knew told me today that draintile in the basement floor is usally at the level of the footer, so going under the footer is not a good option because that means water level has to be so high for it to drain. His suggestion was to break the landing up again and make a tunnel through the footer and then put draintile in.
Another important point is there is no draintile in the perimeter of the house on the outside, so that is why we want to connect to the draintile inside
I am really confused and worried andwould like some suggestions/help
