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Al15
10-25-2005, 10:07 AM
Site is Northern WI. Extremely sandy soil.
Foundation is in. No drain tiles. Builder says I dont need because of soil conditions and slope. I was there when udc inspecter gave ok on the work and he didnt say anything about drain tiles.
I raised my concerns to the builder and he assuired me I would not have a problem. This is a walk out basement.
Would someone care to ofer and opinion on this? I mean is this ok to do without dran tiles?

Pokey
10-25-2005, 02:05 PM
just my opinion, but running drain tile around the perimeter to daylight is very cheap insurance....

homebild
11-04-2005, 01:46 AM
Wisconsin Uniform Dwelling Code does not require drain tiles where soil conditions are observed to allow for proper drainage without them.'

See section COMM21.17 "Drain Tiles":

http://www.legis.state.wi.us/rsb/code/comm/comm021.pdf