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Jay C. White Cloud wrote:May the Creator Save you from the "concrete fools,"
... Concrete is a "demon," that I fight all the time.
That can very on multiple factors. Foundation type, forest in clay soils, grade pitch away from house, etc. In your case, this is not a guarantee, it looks like 600mm down and 600mm out would be sufficient. Line the trench with filter cloth, backfill with clean stone, and fold filter cloth back over the top, and cap with 100mm to 200mm of more gravel to grade level.I understand drainage should follow a rule of 1' drop over 100', but at what depth is it typically started?
Typically it's at the drip line of the roof, but I am concern that you do not have much of an overhang and water is splashing back onto the house. You really should have the foundation looked at when/while you are digging. You should also get rid of all the concrete parging/stucco and replace with traditional lime render.Two feet? Should the ditch be dug right next to the stone foundation, or some distance away?
That can very on multiple factors. Foundation type, forest in clay soils, grade pitch away from house, etc. In your case, this is not a guarantee, it looks like 600mm down and 600mm out would be sufficient. Line the trench with filter cloth, backfill with clean stone, and fold filter cloth back over the top, and cap with 100mm to 200mm of more gravel to grade level.I understand drainage should follow a rule of 1' drop over 100', but at what depth is it typically started?
Typically it's at the drip line of the roof, but I am concern that you do not have much of an overhang and water is splashing back onto the house. You really should have the foundation looked at when/while you are digging. You should also get rid of all the concrete parging/stucco and replace with traditional lime render.Two feet? Should the ditch be dug right next to the stone foundation, or some distance away?
That can very on multiple factors. Foundation type, forest in clay soils, grade pitch away from house, etc. In your case, this is not a guarantee, it looks like 600mm down and 600mm out would be sufficient. Line the trench with filter cloth, backfill with clean stone, and fold filter cloth back over the top, and cap with 100mm to 200mm of more gravel to grade level.I understand drainage should follow a rule of 1' drop over 100', but at what depth is it typically started?
Typically it's at the drip line of the roof, but I am concern that you do not have much of an overhang and water is splashing back onto the house. You really should have the foundation looked at when/while you are digging. You should also get rid of all the concrete parging/stucco and replace with traditional lime render.Two feet? Should the ditch be dug right next to the stone foundation, or some distance away?
I put up a standing seam roof last year, but some finishing touches like gutters and a bit of the folding work still need to be done. I've realized that part of the problem we had in one room where there was a particular amount of moisture appearing on the wall and floor was due to a fir tree the neighbors had planting next to our house. My wife and father-in-law supposed that the roots were leading water under the house, but I suppose that the branches (which touched the walls) were dripping the water there. In any even, the neighbor cut it down and that place seemed to improve. I have noticed in houses of this age in the village that there is a tendency to make the roof overhang more on the side with doors and windows and less on the side without for some reason.Jay C. White Cloud wrote:Typically it's at the drip line of the roof, but I am concern that you do not have much of an overhang and water is splashing back onto the house.
I don't understand exactly what these terms mean-- do you mean start the ditch 600mm below grade level, and then have a slope with a change of 600mm over 100m?600mm down and 600mm out would be sufficient
I don't understand exactly what these terms mean-- do you mean start the ditch 600mm below grade level, and then have a slope with a change of 600mm over 100m?
Jay C. White Cloud wrote:It's building season here and I have way too many pots in the fire, I might be slow getting back to you, but I will get back.
Jay C. White Cloud wrote:Hello Andrew,
How does the progress go?
Regards,
j
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