Drain Tile pipe clean out? (floor, foundation, cleaner, leaking)

[AnalyzeThis]

We just bought a house with a below grade finished basement. Ever since a ridiculous rainstorm, we have noticed seepage in the middle of the back basement wall. The seepage area is between the wall/floor, we already cut the drywall to make sure it wasn't leaking down. We believe the drain tile pipe is 4" perforated PVC piping. Any ideas on how we can try to clear or unclog this? Waterproof companies seem to only want to dig up the foundation and completely replace the entire system, but we don't think this is necessary based on what we have seen, and advice from a few contractors. Thoughts?

[MrRational]

Originally Posted by AnalyzeThis

We believe the drain tile pipe is 4" perforated PVC piping. Any ideas on how we can try to clear or unclog this?

Do you have a sump pump?
Do you know where these pipes lead to?

Waterproof companies seem to only want to dig up the foundation and completely replace the entire system...

I'm in the middle of exactly this right now.
The son of the previous owner thought he could do the job.
He knew just enough to almost get it right.

Ever since a ridiculous rainstorm, we have noticed seepage...

This (incident related event) means that you might get away with prolonging when you do the work...

At some point you (or maybe the next owner?) will need to do it.
It's not a question of "if"... it's a question of "when".

fwiw... 90% of the job is nothing more than hard labor.
The other 10% is mostly the engineering (and material specification).

hth

[harry chickpea]

Typically, cities use a jet cleaner on pipes. Find something similar with a little less pressure. How to describe... Imagine a metal cone on the end of a hose pipe. Now imagine holes in the cone that point not towards the point, but back towards the hose. Now imagine high pressure water jets coming out of those holes.

The concept is to blow the debris and sand back to where you inserted the hose and cone nozzle. If you don't have roots in the drain tile, something like this will work fine. If there are roots, then it is roto-rooter time and THEN the jet blast.

[AnalyzeThis]

Thanks for the info! The drain leads to the drain tile and then dumps off into the sump pump (perfectly operational). We are having a company come out tomorrow to use the jet cleaner on the pipe (harry you hit the nail right on the head!), we hope this fixes our problem. I'll let you both know, thanks again!

[acika]

Originally Posted by AnalyzeThis

Thanks for the info! The drain leads to the drain tile and then dumps off into the sump pump (perfectly operational). We are having a company come out tomorrow to use the jet cleaner on the pipe (harry you hit the nail right on the head!), we hope this fixes our problem. I'll let you both know, thanks again!

have you ever fix this issue. i am experiencing similar problem water getting in at the bottom of the wall. Cant see walls the basement is finished so i am guessing it is not foundation wall since i have wet floor around parimeter of the floor.
thanks!