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mcgowan · Dec 11, 2012, 08:18 AM

How far down should the drain tile be inside the crock?

speedball1 · Dec 11, 2012, 08:28 AM

How far down should the drain tile be inside the crock?

More details please! Are you in the US? How far down from what? Describe the crock. A crock of what? As a rule a drain line enters a tank, (crock) at the bottom. Is that what you want to know? Back to you. Tom

mcgowan · Dec 11, 2012, 08:35 AM

US. How far down should the interior drain tile be when it enters a sump crock? Drain tile runs level flush with footing.

speedball1 · Dec 11, 2012, 09:15 AM

We got to get together on terns, My dictionary tells me a crock is

1. an earthenware pot, jar, or other container.
2.A fragment of earthenware; potsherd.

What you say it is? Are we talking dry well? Holding tank. A 55 gallon tank converted to a sump? What? And drain tile. Don you mean 3 or 4 inch terra cotta pipes that aren't joined together? Is that what you have? What's all this draining?
Back to you, Tom

hkstroud · Dec 11, 2012, 12:34 PM

Drain tile, which is another name for drain pipe, which is another name for a foundation drain should extend into a sump crock only far enough for the water to drain into the sump crock. There is no need for it to turn down and only gets in the way of the sump pump. If it does, it only indicates that the installer was to lazy to cut it off at the point where it enters the crock.

speedball1 · Dec 12, 2012, 06:53 AM

Is a sump pump what we're talking about? I'm still trying to get past " crock" Drain tile is used in drain fields. I don't know about any "foundation drain" in my area we call them french drains and the don't use terra-cotta drain tiles.
So Harold, My dictionary tells me a crock is
Quote:
1. an earthenware pot, jar, or other container.
2.A fragment of earthenware; potsherd.
Can you give me yours? Back to you, Tom

hkstroud · Dec 12, 2012, 07:15 AM

Yes, I'm making an assumption that we are talking about a sump pump.

Around here a crock or sump crock is common term for a sump pump pit. Drainage "tile" is a hold over from the days of the sections clay pipe that was once used for foundation or footer drains.

I have seen what amounts to sections of clay chimney liners used to line sump pits. Perhaps that explains the term "crock".

Google "sump pump crock"

speedball1 · Dec 12, 2012, 07:27 AM

Drain tiles leading to a sump pump? Doesn't sound right to me.
Perhaps mcgowan can click back and tell us just what in hell he's talking about. Cheers, Tom