DIY Interior Draintile Installation for Wet Basements 

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This guy is so humble about doing literally the messiest, most extreme diy project possible.

Having the same problem,, trying to build up enough confidence to do this,,, Thank you great video bro,,, I know it was a lot a work!!

I just started this project yesterday. Thanks for the video and Jackhammer info

This is exactly what I will be doing, thanks for the video!

Wow! What a job. Labor intensive Kudos to you! I hope your basement is dry now.

Awesome project. Thanks for sharing. Happy New Year.

Thank you for this awesome video for Dummies! I am one of those dummies they make those books for but I am ok with that. LOL. The only thing I wish you would have put in the video was the actual installation of the drain tile, how much gravel to put in the bottom, how much on top, and the fabric and dimple installation. But oh well, thank you for doing what you did. Plumber did a video scope my three drain tiles (in, out and sewer) and he wanted $2,500 to fix a small broken section of my inside drain tile of a 25-year-old home so it's all plastic. But watching this video showed me that I can do it myself and my father in law is a retired Master Plumber in the state of Ohio so he can guide me along too. Thanks again.

Just wanted to thank you for the video, I'm getting ready to do the same job.

that's a lot of work. good job!

Looks like a great job, thoughtfully done. Thanks for taking the time to film and share. Might've run the dimple sheeting a few inches above your concrete, just my two cents. I was hoping to see the install of the footing drain pipe, but hey, beggars can't choose ;-)

good job I do this for a living and this looks realy good for dyi

Awesome video man!

Wow, dude, you’re my hero.

Looking great brother 👌

Thank you for posting

Good job. I am going to have to do the same thing at my house I just bought.

This is awesome. In the home we bought someone already paid to have the walls repaired, preventing leaks. I'm definitely not going to drill in to that lol. But I get a lot of seepage from the floor still, mainly at the base of the walls. My plan is a modification of this. I'm going to cut a trough 2 inch deep and wide enough for a 1x6 to collect water around the perimeter of my basement and funnel it to the two sump basins. I'll then lay stone, landscape fabric, and just cover with treated boards. I figure I'll get the same result, water directed to the sump, but with a lot less work! Also, that jackhammer is awesome. I bought the same one 5 years ago for a project and it's been indispensable. It's tough as hell too for it's size, I knocked out cistern walls with it in our prior home's basement. Thanks for inspiring me! I'm definitely doing my work myself now.

I'm about to buy my first home and my realtor was really excited to see that I had a french drain in the basement. I came here to have a better understanding of what that meant and how it was installed. Thank you for this video.

Very helpful! About to undertake this myself. Dealing with some heavy wet clay and a leaky basement in WI. Sounds like you might be from Wisco too

Wow we usually do this at work with 4 or 5 people on a crew lol. Props

Thanks for posting

Wish you could come help me with my project. Great tutorial! Thank you so much!

Good job

GOOD JOB MAN :-)

That's a great video. I appreciate seeing this in so much detail. Any idea of doing this on a brick foundation would be similar? I've been wondering where I'd bore the holes if I were to do this? Been contemplating taking this project up as I get lots of seepage.

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Dude did some work

very nice. Thanks

You are a legend!

Great video, it's hard to find good DIY information about this project. You did a great job. Are there any resources you can recommend? How did you know what to do and what to use? Thanks again!

Best tutorial music ever

Good Vid.....

This is good job 👍 and doing the same work.

Awesome video thank you! Does anyone know if stopping halfway down a wall would cause an issue? I just have a small run of my wall that’s showing problems could I install this kind of system without going all the way to the corner?

That small raised slap in the beginning prolly the washer an dryer an utility tub sink drain

@tylerkoehn Hey great video, also picked up the Jack hammer you suggested it worked better than I anticipated, thanks for posting that. I’m in the process of doing the same thing to mine. I have a question about a few things if you have time to answer… Is everything dry in your basement after you completed the project? Would you do anything different? Also I’m having a hard time finding the dimple board at Menards? Is it called something else other than dimple board?

Amazing work. Would this affect the stability of the foundation?

Thanks for this detailed video and kudos to your hard work. Quick question to you if you don't mind, what kind of drain tile or pipe you used? Was it perforated PVC or the flexible black perforated corrugated pipe?

Great job and thanks for the video. Is the basement dry one year later?

Thanks for posting this. I plan on doing the same project this spring. If you could can you please clarify that I have the layering of materials correct. From top to bottom concrete, vapor barrier, dimple matting, geo fabric, crushed 1's/draintile

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Drill the mortar joint its a cavity to that holds water

What a great video! Do you remember what size gravel you used?

Tyler, I enjoyed watching this video because I may attempt to do something similar in my basement as it is always wet during the rainy season. I noticed that you used a product called "dimple board." Is that actually used in place of corrugated pipe? Based on your installation, it looks as though it is and just wondered how the water would have enough pitch to the sump pump.

If you were to finish this basement, and started your walls let’s say 6-8 back from the perimeter drain (leaving that a “cool zone”) - how would you go about venting that area behind the walls?

Info was helpful to give me a general idea of what I'm in for. Our basement gets water but does not have a sump pump. It would cost $6,100 to have it professionally done, but I wonder how much it would cost to do it myself? Obviously it will be cheaper and that's what I'm thinking about doing.

I am not sure if I have seen houses with exterior and interior tile. Wonder if the house was built with exterior tile, it wasn't working or got plugged up and they added the interior. I couldn't tell if the existing concrete at the bottom of the wall was original. I would like to add tile but it's too much of a job. My house has the same basement bathroom setup with the raised pad but my piping runs along the top of the floor. It runs along two walls for about 25 feet and I don't know why they didn't build the bathroom where the pipe goes out the wall but a 2nd bathroom comes in handy. It is one of those old two piece wall aging toilets. You did amazing work and a lot of it. Did it solve your problem?

Great job 10 inches beyond the footer 4 inch drain tile sitting below the footer and remember weep holes not just the blocks but drill the joint where the blocks meet.

I love the video but the music is wild 😂

how has the job held up 6 years later? I see these also done with perforated drain pipe in the trench with the gravel.

what hammer drill did you use to drill the weep holes? wondering if its worth buying something inexpensive or just renting a heavy duty one for the day

So did it work? All that great video. Has it stayed dry?

If water is coming in only at the cold joint and not dripping down the wall behind the gutter, isn't the space between the back of the gutter and the wall just letting moisture into the basement as a result of humid air rising behind the gutter? It seems it would be better to seal between the back of the gutter and the wall near the top of the gutter to keep humid air out.

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could had dug infront/ around the water heater. To connect both drains on each side. Where does the water go on that one side? Right side video view. Just curious if you did something Imissed.

When tax season comes and my bonus from work I’m going to have my basement water proofed for sure. Can’t take this anymore it’s so annoying. Out here in New England all we been getting is rain and it’s December

You use 3-1/4” drill bit but how deep do you drill into the concrete? And how far in between each hole?

Soooo this only helps with water IN the walls right? It doesn’t help the pressure outside? So the walls can still bow/crack correct? Thanks!

Hello, I take it it’s held up great since then? Thinking about taking on this project. Anything you’d change if you could or any advice?

Question for you. The house I bought had this done to it several years ago. There is a distinct mold like smell coming from it... that dirt basement kind of smell. At first I thought it might have been behind the plaster, etc on the walls (finished basement). However, not only are there no soft spots but I removed the baseboard trim along one of the walls and it looks rather dry, etc. However, when I got down close to the floor I could feel cool air coming out and it had that mold like smell to it. I think what is happening is that air is getting sucked into the house through the drain pipe that leads outside... possibly from a difference in temperature or something like that. And as the air comes up the pipe and across the dirt, rock, etc, it is picking up that smell. Does that sound like what might be happening? If so, how do you think I can fix that? My system really doesn't have any kind of access point (beyond what I created when I removed the baseboard). So, I'm not sure how I could try to treat it chemically, etc. Or do you think maybe I just need to do something on the outside to prevent the back draft... like maybe dig a hole and insert some kind of tiny septic like tank at the end of the pipe so the water just goes into that and the pipe has no access to air... thus can't suck it back into the house?

where did you find info on sealing off the dimple membrane, do you have a link? Or was that your idea?

That is a big job. How long did it take you to do it?

how long did it take you to chip out that area with the jack hammer? IE... rental time on the jack hammer? thanks for the video!!

When you were jackhammering out the floor, how did you avoid hitting the footer?

Chippy here not a plumber so I’m a bit ignorant. Multi question here: Why does the outside drain tile run through the footing to the inside?...and if it’s to drain the water from under the slab, why can’t you tap into that as an outlet for this new system instead of using the sump pump? I’m about to do this at home so I have a lot of questions. Thanks in advance 👍🏽

What kind of fabric did you use ? Some that I found the water doesn't go through it easily...

What if you just left your drain board high above the finished slab? And cut it off flush after it cured.

After watching your video, I started my own project in the basement. But when I start to drill the weep holes, I ran into an issue... I drilled the weep holes on the bottom of block and it was solid. I think it's filled. So I just went little higher and it was solid again... I went 2nd row of block and also solid. Tried block on my chest height to check and it was solid.. I guess my block walls were filled. Do you know if for my situation, do I skip the weep holes? I am stuck.. Can't find info anywhere

Did you cut around the perimeter with a concrete saw before using a jack hammer?

What machine were you using to bust up the concrete, where'd you get it, and how much was it?

I bought the jack hammer you recommended but I’m moving way slower than you are, probably going about feet and hour, you have and tips?

Do you get the drain tile close as you can to the footings ??

Just caught you mention radon abatement. I'm thinking I should do the same, any recommendations or tips with possible negative air pressure issues?

What size jack hammer you use and how long did it take to do.Did you install the pipe below the footer.

Awesome. I would have ran the simple board out of the concrete. Then water leaking higher up the wall would run into your perimeter drain. Otherwise totally awesome. I am stealing a lot of this.

Where did u get the dimple board that goes at the base of the wall.

Is it important to put a fall on the drain tile?

How thick was your basement slab and how far from the wall did you break out the concrete? I’m trying to estimate how much concrete I’ll need.

how well did this work

Very helpful video man. Did you find the dimple board online? The name brand mira drain is expensive stuff. Thanks mate

Did you cut it with a hazard saw before the hammer?

How did this end up workingout?

Where do you buy the plastic underneath the dimple board? How did you nailed the plastic, did you use nail gun?

Do you have to make holes on the block? Thank for the video

Did you lay new perforated pipe around the perimeter? I didn’t catch that in the video.

How deep should the trench be from the top of the footer ??

I have a system like this in my house. It always smells though. I'm told that this is a good sign since it means it is dry in there. How do I minimize the smell though? Is an air filter system my only choice or can I do something like use some kind of clear sealant around the wood floor trim to help seal them?

Hi were can I buy foam backer to seal the top part

Did it fix your problem? Was there any drain tile around the outside of the house?

When jack hammering... How do you know when to stop without breaking the footer?

Where did you buy the dimple board at?

How’s your system today? Have you posted any updates?

How do you know about radon and that your mitigation was needed?

What did you use for drain tile pipe?

Hi Tyler - A bit late to this video. What was the cost breakdown for this project (rough estimate)? I need to do something similar in my 80 year old basement. Also - did you use flex or rigid pipe?

Dang, I was researching fabric and of course you used it. Is it unwoven?

Forgot to put rim skirt and track and pea gravel. Weeping holes are only drilled for cinder blocks. Hope the drainage matting helped you but you im sorry to tell you this isn't correct. I've been doing water remediation for over a year now and were doing a French drain now in a 2000 sq ft basement. Hope this comment helps you and your viewers

9:36- Why would the concrete seep behind if this isn't done? (Also mentioned at 13:20 that the cement might otherwise drop through.) Sorry, I don't know why the cement would fall through. I have a channel dug out under my rock and old mortar foundation. Right now it's just open and I'm trying to sort out the next steps (which I probably wont get to this year.)

Where does the sump out put go?