Hilarious to compare with the clay tile pipes that were originally installed on my 1944 house. Dirt piled right on top with no point of discharge too! Thankfully it was all replaced before we moved in.
Sign of a great contractor when he says it’s my name on this project! You have to think 40-50 years in advance for foundation issues!! And prevent them at build! Much cheaper at build than discover leak later
The only problem I see is the burrito wrap of that schedule 40 drain tile. That will get plugged up within months And you will not be able to clean it out because the silt is on the outside of a pipe. The only solution is crushed rock all the way to the top if possible.
Nope the big dimple’s are meant to go on the bottom to collect higher volume of water 💦 that’s why they make that 2 foot section is meant to go on the bottom of the wall drain that’s the way we installed them on foundation walls u might wanna know what you’re saying before putting a comment 🤥🤯🤦🏽♂️✅
Overlapping the next 2’ section along the footing to the last works well with the dimples as they match well, but it takes a little more time. The filter fabric overlay of seams works really well. Love the Polywall/PolyGuard system. Just finishing 500+ feet of foundation as the homeowner. Doing it alone is straightforward on the bottom 2’ section with an uncut 50’ roll, but takes more effort with the 4’ rolls at 50’. I cut them in relatively manageable 8-12’ sections and just went slowly. I am sure that my process would be much quicker and better with a 2nd house, but…….happily, doing this was a once in a lifetime process. I am glad I did it myself. Also, nesting the dimples of the next piece of 4’ works well too. But means that you have to pull back a piece of the filter fabric. One other lesson is what I see as a great need to scrape off the thin layer of concrete residue from the foundation pour that seeps onto the footing before putting Blue Barrier 2200 on at the cold seam. Otherwise it will flake off. That is a lot of work, but worth it. If I were to do it again, I would also power wash the footing, not just have a robust sweeping of the footing, prior to the 2200 application. I also found a great tool in a kitchen rubber scraper to push the 2200 into the cold seam and get a tight application. Cutting the round corner of the scraper helps. It worked better with a soft silicone scraper with a few fingers of pressure than the hard scraper I tried first. That is all personal choice. Drying time for any washing is also an issue as tight time schedules might not allow that, especially in colder climates or ones with longer times to have the footings or foundation get to the appropriate level of moisture. A great thank you to the team at PolyGuard for wonderful tech support and customer service. Nice, professional and knowledgeable folks. Very pleased to have selected their products for this house. Great to then watch a wonderful excavation contractor do a great job carefully backfilling.
