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This is common construction in Germany as well, with a drainage pipe near the bottom of the gravel all around the house, which provides a low-restriction path f
by formerly_proven 6y ago
This is common construction in Germany as well, with a drainage pipe near the bottom of the gravel all around the house, which provides a low-restriction path for water to escape.
- zaarn 6y agoI would add, having helped with some houses relatives were building, that usually a fabric filter is put in as well, usually multiple layers, so that dirt has no chance of sneaking into the gravel. The cellars also have accessible pipes that can let water leave the cellar easily (installed at the lowest point of the cellar, so the floor is slightly tilted, as well as a replacable one-way valve to keep water from coming in the same way (IIRC it's weight activated, it only drains if more than about a liter of water is inside the pipe wanting to go out.
- calvinmorrison 6y agoFunny, I have heard them called French Drains
- martin_a 6y agoI think that's the English word for that, yes. In Germany we normally call it "Drainage" which is also a French word. Don't know what we Germans got with France and trenches... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
- richiebful1 6y agoFranco-Prussian War, World War I, World War II...
- kyrieeschaton 6y ago"French" actually refers to the (American) popularizer, Henry French.
- stan_rogers 6y agoGenerically, it's usually "weeping tile".
- daniellarusso 6y agoFrom the surname of the implementor.
- pkaye 6y agoHere is a YouTube of a drainage system in the US. But a lot of older houses and mass manufacturered houses probably don't have them. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=keghWP_sVzg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=keghWP_sVzg