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    Jan 1, 2005, 07:48 PM
    level concrete or install drain?
    My washer and dryer sit on a concrete slab about 15'x10'. The entire area is covered, but rain water blows in runs down the stairs leading to the area. Unfortuantely the slab is not level and water pools right in front of the washer and dryer. I am considering a number of solutions (in order of preference):

    1. install a drain consisting of some kind of opening in the slab leading to a pvc pipe that runs down hill out into the yard.

    2. cut channels in the surface of the slab to drain water away.

    3. re-level the entire slab.

    4. just drill holes in the slab!

    Any suggestions would be very helpful.
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    Jan 6, 2005, 08:47 AM
    Quote Originally Posted by twentyyearplan
    My washer and dryer sit on a concrete slab about 15'x10'. The entire area is covered, but rain water blows in runs down the stairs leading to the area. Unfortuantely the slab is not level and water pools right in front of the washer and dryer. I am considering a number of solutions (in order of preference):

    1. install a drain consisting of some kind of opening in the slab leading to a pvc pipe that runs down hill out into the yard.

    2. cut channels in the surface of the slab to drain water away.

    3. re-level the entire slab.

    4. just drill holes in the slab!

    Any suggestions would be very helpful.
    (1)At what elevation is the 10 X15' slab in relation to ground level? Are you located on a hill where #1 would be feasible?
    (2)If #2, drain the water where?
    (3) wouldn't you still have standing water if you just made the slab level?
    (4) Would the water would have to drain across the slab to get to the holes?

    Why not stop it before it enters the slab? Cut in a decko/french drain, consisting of a trench full of gravel covered by a grate. If the amount of rain water coming in loads up the trench you can always install a pipe leading outside. Sound like a plan? Cheers, Tom
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