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Just throwing this out there since I have seen it a lot in my line of work. Do you plan to replace the culvert pipe and do you know its condition?I have witnessed a lot of people with beautiful new drives and retaining walls that failed due to an old pipe.

Thank you all for your well thought out replies. All of you make very good points and have given me a lot to think about. At this point, I think I will take two approaches. An exterior daylight drain and waterproofing to the max depth possible without inviting the creek, and a subfloor drain...

The water is sometimes (infrequently) higher than the basement floor. It is right now, but I am still dry for now. The five feet of frost we had this year might be helping for now. I have 12 inches of nice top soil and then hard clay. My concern is by loosening soil on the outside of the...

The creek does usually dry up for a few weeks in late July early August. When it is high is when I have problems. I am aprehensive about loosening the soil on the outside as I think that will invite more water than placing a drain below the basement floor.

Already did the drylock. Thanks for the suggestion though.

Thank you. Makes sense.

Thank you both for your competent answers. I am feeling much more confident. Would you hesitate to do this job while hydrostatic pressure is high? Thanks

Improving exterior grade, snaking the foundation drain, cutting down all the trees who's roots plugged the foundation drain, and draining the sump line and downspouts to the nearby creek, via solid pipe, has reduced the water in the basement of my fixer upper from a 1/2 inch of water to a couple...

I think I was about to destroy a farmhouse. Upon further consideration we will not be doing any of the above.

We are currently restoring a farm house. (1870?) Balloon framed, obviously. When investigating the appropriate size LAM beam to support a stair opening, it was brought to our attention that the 2x8 floor joists were of insufficient size for the 16 foot span. Even as a week end renovator, I...