Help wanted: Basement drainage
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Thanks Paul. I agree it would be better to stop water coming in rather than dealing with it once it's inside, but that has its challenges too. These include loss of mature garden including a hedge of mature (50 yo) roof-height camellias and excavation below the current foundations (lot of digging, tight working space, cost....).
Have drawn a sketch to (hopefully) explain my issue better. Once I solve the water problem, I would like to build a (block?) wall to the right of stump C.
I have (mostly?) solved the problem of overland water flow by installing drains outside the house. But with heavy rain (when we get rain it is often heavy), water seeps out from the soil profile (wavy lines on sketch) and flows over the kerb (which is about 200mm high).
I could instal another drain behind the kerb/Stump C (very tight working space, potential impact on stumps and have to be done by hand).
The other (or supplementary) option I have been thinking about is installing a drain like the one pictured above inside the garage (ie to the right of Stump C and proposed wall).
Any advice appreciated (especially as we live in a small remote town and often specialists are reluctant to travel to us), but I'm particularly interested in the internal drain option as I hadn't heard/thought of that option before doing some web-based research....
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