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  1. Plumbing
    Hello I'm building out a 2-story adu and would like to ask for some advice on plumbing drainage design. I'm in Washington so we fall under UPC code. The bottom bathroom will have a toilet, shower, 1 sink and a washer. The upstairs bathroom will have a toilet, tub, and double sink. I don't have...
  2. General DIY Discussions
    Hi there, This water pools only during heavy rains on a concrete patio adjacent to the rear of the house. Should I be concerned? It does go away when the rain stops.
  3. Roofing/Siding
    Hey there, recently bought our first house in Ontario, Canada. It's a bungalow with a basement, rectangle foundation, with the front foundation wall being half-height (it's above grade) and framed from there. Exterior is vinyl siding. There are two issues I'm hoping to sort out ASAP, and am...
  4. Concrete, Stone & Masonry
    Hi all - we are under contract on a house with a very large retaining wall that is built in a way that I haven't heard of before. There are no weep holes as the mason said the block itself is porous, there's a layer of sand behind the block, and then a layer of landscape fabric in between the...
  5. Concrete, Stone & Masonry
    Hello guys, I am about to make a concrete slab patio along the wall of my house facing the backyard (38' long house wall, 10' wide concrete slab), to ensure proper water drainage (now, water may stay next to the foundation). Also, it should hold the table/chairs/mangal and people (no vehicles)...
  6. Plumbing
    Hi there, I am wanting to add a 3 piece bathroom in the basement of my house. The job requires adding the plumbing below my slab and connecting it to the main sewer line. My question is how would I vent this properly? I can't access the main stack because the previous home owners finished the...
  7. Building & Construction
    I'm having a new foundation installed under an existing house. The previous crawlspace had bad moisture problems so I want to install drainage with the new foundation. My question is; I've seen the drainage lines installed along the exterior perimeter of the footing as well as the inside...
  8. Plumbing
    I live in Canada, & while working in a high rise, we run our bathroom drainage & have the venting needs being supplemented off of the Lav (sink) instead of running individual vents for each fixture. I believe this term is called wet venting (portion of drainage pipe that acts as a vent as well.)...
  9. Landscaping & Lawn Care
    Hi All, Just purchased this home and I am looking for some advice on the easiest way to remove these bricks in the most efficient manner. They are uneven because of poor grading and water that has been pooling underneath and around without proper drainage. Any advice on how to best remove the...
  10. Roofing/Siding
    Hello, I'm trying to figure out how I can protect this dirt / floor area from rain. I've highlighted in red. My Main Problem When it rains water seems to pool in this specific spot from the rain (not from the water draining to this area from other places). I'm worried because there is raised...
  11. General DIY Discussions
    We just had a house built and have issues with water getting into the crawlspace via a crawlspace vent. Here's a photo of the vent well in question: Problem: If we run the outdoor water faucet without the hose on it for like 30 seconds the vent well starts filling up with water even though no...
  12. HVAC
    The pad for my outdoor Package Unit is just a couple years old. When they poured it, instead of crowning it, it puddles under the Heat Exchanger. I think it's a problem! I hate to have to move the unit... Any comments or suggestions? Thanks
  13. Concrete, Stone & Masonry
    Hey all. I have a walkout basement so on each side of my house, I have 2 terraced retaining walls as the foundation steps down. The old walls were stones in a concave shape. These have been dug out and I'm building with concrete blocks. I'm trying to simplify this as much as possible so I wanted...
  14. Concrete, Stone & Masonry
    Hello, I am currently working on building a driveway. i have dug out the area for the driveway but I’m having a big problem. Here in north east Florida we get a lot of rain this time around. So at the end of the driveway a huge puddle forms and create nothing but mud, this is not good for...
  15. Building & Construction
    Hello All, I need to grade over an existing concrete driveway slab with fill material to match the grade around a new house. Fill material varies from about 3inches to 8 inches over a 30 foot driveway. The driveway area will be finished with landscaping stone--probably 3/4 river rock. Pitch...
  16. Roofing/Siding
    I have downspouts that use to go down the side of the house and through a deck (waterproof polymer barrier) and into the ground below. Our contractor redid the deck and instead of keeping the downspout where it was- cut it off and now has it so the water will dump onto the deck and down a drain...
  17. Landscaping & Lawn Care
    THis was from a few months ago, but right now the water is over the road where I’m standing taking this picture from. This is the corner of my 20 acre property. My house is just to the right. I have no idea on how to get rid of this water, it’s very close to my house right now. Would digging a...
  18. Building & Construction
    Hopefully I picked the right category? I have a downspout which was backing up after particularly heavy rains. I dug it out to find that they did not do anything to drain it away from the garage - it went straight down to what I think is just a bunch of rock mixed in with the dirt there. I...
  19. HVAC
    Is it safe to fully remove the PVC and try sucking from there? And that red rubber cap, what is behind it and does it have anything to do with drainage?
  20. General DIY Discussions
    The side of my house is along a helpful grade, and I've been using gravity with an above-ground pipe to shuttle the gutter water away from a particularly high-producing roof gutter. Without it, water leaks into the basement big-time. With it, the basement is dry as a bone. My plan is to move...
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