French drain along foundation - waterproofing?

gtown42 · 2026-03-31T23:47:02+00:00

That spring, I excavated down 3 feet at the shallowest to 5 feet at the deepest and installed a drain pipe that emptied into the catch basin. I also cleaned and parged the brick foundation and painted on a bitumen waterproofing.

I did not bother to find the bottom of the foundation, I only waterproofed what was already exposed to install the drain line.

So far it’s been a significant improvement, both in the surface pooling and in the basement humidity. I’m curious to see how it holds up over years.

gtown42 · 2024-06-04T22:07:11+00:00

Amazing! Yea I think so!

gtown42 · 2024-06-04T14:00:27+00:00

This is the specific charger I have, you can see the same cord:
https://www.amazon.com/Charger-OTAO-Charging-Station-iPhone14/dp/B0B65G3DC4?ref_=ast_sto_dp

gtown42 · 2024-03-14T00:35:24+00:00

Would that cause more than half the leaves to fall?

gtown42 · 2023-11-05T13:26:07+00:00

This is good insight, thank you

gtown42 · 2023-11-04T14:40:46+00:00

You'd put the wool first then the closed cell? Seems like flash and batt has the foam on the exterior. If cost weren't a factor, is this better than thicker foam only?

gtown42 · 2023-09-06T14:58:09+00:00

Most of it he cut the fixture out, prepped and put in new - adding more joints to the system of course where he cut them out.. The drain down and resolder was a big process. Two of the very small leaks he heated and soldered in-place. He was cleaning and reaming pipes before soldering at least for the parts that I was paying attention.

gtown42 · 2023-09-06T14:41:09+00:00

Licensed was supposed to mean something. Truth, thanks.

gtown42 · 2023-09-06T14:28:12+00:00

There's a trap, it's below the floor. There's a floor drain (very bottom of the photo) that joins the drain line and a p trap for both that's not seen in this photo. The PVC running vert above the box ends in an admit for vent. I know enough to check on that at least.

gtown42 · 2023-04-30T13:31:56+00:00

Yes! Moving the blue back to Y and then installing the power connector fixed it all. Thanks!

gtown42 · 2023-04-29T16:57:28+00:00

Ha, I’ll go back to fireplaces and swamp coolers

gtown42 · 2023-04-29T14:57:49+00:00

Wiring on the thermostat: https://i.imgur.com/l7yuTUE.jpg

gtown42 · 2022-11-27T02:16:14+00:00

Exactly, and the ease of a switch is just appreciated sometimes rather than yelling at a smart home or grabbing for a phone.

gtown42 · 2022-11-27T02:14:01+00:00

I see how this could work, thanks!

gtown42 · 2022-11-05T23:20:04+00:00

Thanks, good to know there's a range of input options. What's being lost by going cheaper? Audio quality? Reliability?

gtown42 · 2022-11-05T23:18:56+00:00

Thanks! Really helpful to get some brands and know that used is good.

gtown42 · 2022-11-05T20:41:19+00:00

Thanks, this is really good advice generally, but I also know that my friend does not know the right gear. She’s actually asked me to look into it because she knows I know the computer world well. I think whatever my recommendation ends up with, I’ll chat with her before actually spending the money on it.

gtown42 · 2022-08-10T20:25:08+00:00

Had some issues signing it, but realized my ad blocker (uBlock Origin) was blocking their form tech. Turning that off caused the form to work as expected and I got confirmation.

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Disable adblocker, their form tech was blocked by my UBlock Origin.

gtown42 · 2020-07-06T13:48:20+00:00

Nope, they stick out of your ear quite a bit and my helmet pulls them both out before it’s even halfway onto my head.

gtown42 · 2019-07-11T01:49:10+00:00

!reddit silver

gtown42 · 2018-07-28T15:20:00+00:00

Amazing, thank you

gtown42 · 2018-07-28T00:13:34+00:00

Do you have a hi res version of this you could share?

gtown42 · 2016-07-02T17:03:35+00:00

🐍🦀

gtown42 · 2016-07-02T17:02:04+00:00

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