First of all let me say that the info received from this web site has been excellent--too bad we do not have the experienced experts available on line up here ( Saskatchewan Canada) that one could log on to and ask.

The House I am in, is what would be defined as an old timer. Half basement that contains the furnace, hot water heater, and an old cement cistern.

At one time there was an attempt to have a concrete floor. This has deteriorated and the cement is only here and there now and only at a thickness of an inch or so.

Being in an area where the water table fluctuates, moisture is prone to be coming into the basement. Gutters are fine and directed well away from the house, the main culprit is probably hydrostatic pressure from a high water table.

Given the age of the House there is probably no weeping tile on the exterior perimiter.

I was thinking of installing the rigid white PVC weeping tile covered with a sock, deep enough, and on a bed of 3/4 inch gravel, covered with the same backfilled and grading it to run into the sump hole. From there it would be pumped out to the drain system.

Does this sound like a good idea ? Dave.

"I was thinking of installing the rigid white PVC weeping tile covered with a sock"

Please explain what, "covered with a sock" means. Regards, Tom

To my knowledge the "SOCK" is just that, it is a permeable covering that allows the passage of water through it to the weeping tile and hinders the passage of other material that might have the tendenancy to clog the weeping tile. Dave.