Dave Rose
08-28-2015, 12:06 PM
Inspected a house today, built in 1989...4,200 sq ft. First let me give a bit of background....
When inspecting the exterior wood siding, there was an inside corner that had some rot. Above was a clogged gutter and improperly done kickout flashing, so I got that written up. Under the corner, in the basement, was rotted subflooring...about 5-10 square feet of rotted area. The area in the basement where I was able to view all this was the furnace room in the basement. Just about 2' left of the rotted area, and under a stairwell, I saw this thing. I've never seen one before but it looks like someone installed some sort of drain. the house did have a sump pit with perimeter drain just about 4 feet from where I saw this. When I looked down in there, I couldn't really see much...but it looks like it went down at least 8"....it was dark down there...very small opening. As you can see, they also put a thin piece of sheet metal on the wall and caulked it to the concrete foundation wall.
I can't help but wonder if they had leakage into the basement and installed this to somehow drain the water to the perimeter drain.
Thoughts?
When inspecting the exterior wood siding, there was an inside corner that had some rot. Above was a clogged gutter and improperly done kickout flashing, so I got that written up. Under the corner, in the basement, was rotted subflooring...about 5-10 square feet of rotted area. The area in the basement where I was able to view all this was the furnace room in the basement. Just about 2' left of the rotted area, and under a stairwell, I saw this thing. I've never seen one before but it looks like someone installed some sort of drain. the house did have a sump pit with perimeter drain just about 4 feet from where I saw this. When I looked down in there, I couldn't really see much...but it looks like it went down at least 8"....it was dark down there...very small opening. As you can see, they also put a thin piece of sheet metal on the wall and caulked it to the concrete foundation wall.
I can't help but wonder if they had leakage into the basement and installed this to somehow drain the water to the perimeter drain.
Thoughts?