Indoor French Drain

This was our 2nd job by Western Construction Systems and an easy choice based on their successful Urethane Foam Injection repair of two entire walls ten years ago. The new issue was the failure of the original 1938 terracotta drainage along the front of the house under a 30 foot by 5 foot wide concrete porch. Tyler Reitzer’s (job superintendent) elegant solution to move the French Drain to just inside the vertical wall below the basement floor capturing and directing seepage with “Drain Board” and “Wicking Fabric” to the original sump. I had my doubts when the Scope of Project estimated 2 days, but Juan, Bud and a third guy whose name escapes me (fast motor, intense urgency) stopped to lunch day one I was impressed to find the defining cuts and much of the breaking were done. Day two, trench cleaned, graveled, pipe socked and laid, graveled up to cover and mortared flush to the floor. A new sump pump was installed with an improved disconnect-reconnection shut off. These guys know “what’s next” and focus on that with no slack and yet Juan (crew lead) very patiently and concisely answered all questions. That the crew ten years ago was also impressively efficient leads me to believe that personnel at WCS are particularly well selected, trained and motivated…un-Disrupted Old School Service!