Hey everyone! I'm dealing with water leaking into my basement, and I suspect the drainage is mainly failing in the middle and back right corner of my house. I noticed that my eavestroughs run underground, and I'm wondering if that means I have a weeping tile system in place. I really need to know because I want to figure out if I can just install a sump pump to fix this issue. Also, I'm considering redirecting the water elsewhere, especially since we're in Alberta and the combination of snow and thawing likely led to some frozen drainage issues. The slopes where the water is coming in seem good, so I'm a bit perplexed. Thanks for your help!
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I’ve experienced something similar with my own drainage. My eavestroughs also run underground but they actually exit to the surface about 20 feet away. Weeping tiles should help divert water away from your foundation, so it wouldn’t make much sense for them to just terminate near the foundation itself.
Just because your downspout pipes disappear underground doesn't always mean they're connected to a proper drainage system. Many builders take shortcuts and the pipes might not be functioning as intended. The best way to figure this out is to run a scope down the pipe to see where it leads. If it just ends somewhere, that might be the reason for your water issues. A proper fix could involve digging up that side of your house to install a legitimate system.
Definitely planning to get a scope down there; that seems like the only way to know for sure. Thanks for the advice!
That makes total sense. My main worry is that installing a weeping tile could be really expensive and inconvenient if there isn’t one already. Since the water is coming in near my back eavestrough, I think rerouting that might be a simpler, temporary fix for now. Thanks for the insight!