Basement Floors Getting Wet? Simple Fix!

When the water comes from underneath the house, it's time to divert it!

[@zhikov7000]

awesome... i am thinking of making the same from my bedroom to the bathroom drain so i don't have to wake up at the middle of the night and walk to the bathroom... i will go check if my floor has a positive slope to take away the urine away from my bed...

[@alanfeil2900]

I did this to a house a few years ago where it was leaking down the wall and puddling on the floor. Cut a slot a few inches from the wall in a line, and one cut 90 degrees from it to the drain. Works well for 6 years now. A different home I cut all the way around the perimeter and it worked well too. I was going to cut a trough around and put in a drainage tile but this worked good. Very dusty job though.

[@22_floW]

The problem with this approach is that it increases the likelihood of your slab destabilizing and causing problems for the walls in the long run as those pieces will fracture over time and increase the "island" affect where chunks of your slab begin to permit movement and since the slab acts as a stabilizer for the walls, it can lead to wall tilt and or bowing (it might take awhile for it to happen, but keep an eye on it because you'll want to eventually revisit this to fix that). Don't get comfortable with what you did in this and consider instead returning to install something similar to this internal drain system approach:

[@Decent9mm]

This video was genius... It definitely didnt get enough veiws..

[@Faustustopheles]

Cool

[@z5m2]

why not install above ground temp channels to your drain, instead of damaging the concrete?