News Features Ask the Builder: Proper drain tile installation will keep your basement dry Sat., May 28, 2016 The builder is doing just about everything right installing this drain tile. (Tim ...

French drains, most commonly installed outside, can also be installed indoors, beneath the basement floor. The French drain runs along the home's perimeter and is often used in finished basements.

But as an interior French drain usually involves significant construction work, including breaking up the basement slab, it’s a job best left to the pros. Professional installation of an ...

My basement has a dirt floor. I am digging around the foundation walls to install drain tile that will connect to a sump pit, and then I plan to eventually pour a concrete floor.I pretty much know ...

He wrote: “I recently moved into a new home with an areaway – a stairwell leading to a below-ground basement. The bottom of the well has a drain that leads directly to the sump pump. … ...

Yes, you'll have to excavate, and you might have to break up your basement floor, but you won't regret it. Even if the drain looks good, I would check it again in two or three years.

Your basement is acting like a field tile drain, collecting water out of the soil. The tiles are connected in the field so they all run together to a drain.