Installing a basement drainage system is ... hurricanes and floods. Here’s a list of basement floor drain systems to get rid of water. There's no getting around it: Busting up concrete is ...

What would you do if you were me, and how do you install garage floor drains in your jobs? — Steve H., Madison, Wis. A: I can tell you, I live this nightmare each winter here in snowy New Hampshire.

A big pipe carries waste from your house to the main sewer line under the street. If either becomes plugged or overloaded, sewage backs up and flows out of the lowest available drain. That’s ...

DEAR TIM: My last house had a basement that ... I’m confident that my drain tile was not put in correctly at my last house. What are the best practices when installing drain tile around a ...

Then, the drain pipes divert the water to a sump pump which pumps the water outside. First, the basement floor around the perimeter is busted up and removed to install an interior drain.

I usually recommend installing “weep holes” on the ... and completely fill the footing drains under the basement floor.” His plan would be to “remove all sources of water next to the ...

he wasn’t in the business of installing areaway drains at the time; I was so I can tell you how it was done. After the foundation walls were run up and before the basement concrete floor slab ...

Question — We have a 35-year-old home in Westwood, which has shifted a bit, and we have experienced basement floor cracking. During the last couple of years we have several areas in our basement ...

Is it possible to still add a bathroom there, because there is no drain to the ... and the new floor is covered with ceramic tile. Another option is to install a Saniflo plumbing system above ...