Be it for new home construction, basement conversion into additional living space or dealing with leaky and water issues in an older house, ensuring an effective interior drain tile system is essential to keeping basement walls dry, eliminating the need for dehumidifiers, reducing energy costs by keeping moisture out of the air, or dealing with leakage issues in an old one.
Basement drain tiles (also referred to as French Drains or Weeping Tiles) are perforated pipes designed to direct excess water away from foundation footings and walls in order to waterproof basements, crawl spaces and foundations. This method is widely utilized for basement waterproofing as well as foundation drainage purposes.
Drain tile (usually composed of plastic, fiberglass or pvc) is a system of pipes perforated and pitched toward a sump pump or other form of discharge for floodwater drainage from your home. Water enters through cracks in concrete floors or walls and funneled towards an underground pit where it can then be pumped off or otherwise dissipated away from it.
Exterior drain tile systems collect groundwater around basement or crawl space foundations and then divert it through pipes leading either down to the basement floor or daylight above ground level, eliminating leakage and flooding issues in older homes that don’t yet feature this drainage solution. Unfortunately, many older houses don’t yet possess one – if yours doesn’t already or is nonfunctional it may be time to add one either interior or exterior drain tile systems as soon as possible!
Exterior Drain Tile Has Been Compromised Over time, exterior drain tile systems have proven themselves susceptible to the elements. Dirt particles and tree roots have found ways into these drain tile systems and disrupted its functionality, leading to pipe clogging.
An interior drain tile system offers a durable and reliable solution to seepage and other issues in your basement or crawl space, such as seepage or seeping water through walls or openings in floors or walls. When used for waterproofing purposes, drain tile systems often pair up well with sump pumps and vapor barriers for complete coverage.
To install an internal drain tile system, our team will break up and remove the concrete floor of your basement before digging a trench approximately one foot wide. Next we install drain tile inside of footings before backfilling to protect against future damage. While not as quick or cost effective than an external drain tile system, an internal system offers far better solutions to wet basements. With years of experience installing both types of basement drain tile as well as all forms of waterproofing methods in Chicago with fully transferable lifetime warranties available upon completion, contact us now for your free consultation to see how we can serve all homeowners of Chicagoland region!