todd37
Oct 25, 2012, 11:05 AM
Hello,
My house is basically built in the water table. Therefore my french drains empty constantly into a bassin in my basement and is then pumped out to ditch. Unfortunately I can't divert french drains directly into ditch as my house is too low. I was wondering about installing a drywell with a sump pump that would be in the water table as well as being connected to frech drains. I would then connect a pipe from that sump pump to ditch. My question is since I want my french drains to empty in well, how far below french drains does the well have to be? I have to keep in mind that I will need continuious access to my well for sump pump maintenance. Would I need to double up the well in that case (one over the other) I'm looking at purchasing NDS drywell water leach system.
Thank you
My house is basically built in the water table. Therefore my french drains empty constantly into a bassin in my basement and is then pumped out to ditch. Unfortunately I can't divert french drains directly into ditch as my house is too low. I was wondering about installing a drywell with a sump pump that would be in the water table as well as being connected to frech drains. I would then connect a pipe from that sump pump to ditch. My question is since I want my french drains to empty in well, how far below french drains does the well have to be? I have to keep in mind that I will need continuious access to my well for sump pump maintenance. Would I need to double up the well in that case (one over the other) I'm looking at purchasing NDS drywell water leach system.
Thank you