Drain tile is best installed immediately after the footer of new house is complete but it is possible to install on a completed house too.
Drain tile in basement floor.
Excess water underground will naturally seep through any small unnoticed cracks into your basement.
Exterior drain tile 1.
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Exterior drain tile installed around the outside perimeter of a foundation exterior drain tile is a highly effective.
Interior french drains interior french drains are often installed when existing homes start to have basement water.
An interior drain tile system installed to relieve basement seepage.
When should drain tile be installed.
If the floor was a floating slab with a small space between the wall and the floor before you dug the trench place strips.
By placing the pipe alongside the footing you lower the water table below your basement floor another 6 8 inches.
In new construction install the drain tile immediately after the footing forms are removed.
After drain tile basement installation the floor needs to be refinished.