A panel assembly for use as a combination drainage and insulation member, primarily on the exterior surface of subterranean walls. The assembly has an insulating board with channels on one side of the board. A fabric which is pervious to water and impervious to soil particles, and has a high modulus, is attached to the channeled side of the board. The resulting board is highly effective to collect water and channel it downwardly toward a drainage pipe which may be part of the drainage system, and which usually conveys the water away from the wall. Improved methods of providing subterranean insulation and drainage are also disclosed.
A unique one-piece molded insulating and drainage panel for use for basement subterannean walls is disclosed. The panel is molded from expanded polystyrene having very low water permeability. When installed, the panel has two sides having vertically oriented grooves on both sides. The grooves abutting the foundation wall are typically rectangular whereas the vertical channels on the outside wall are specifically designed to be self-clearing to avoid blockage by backfill. Typically a bell-bottom shaped narrow opening and a wider inner channel is used.
A rigid, thermoplastic foam board useful in below-grade residential and commercial insulating and drainage applications. The board defines a plurality of oriented channels extending therein along the board. The channel extends into the board through a relatively narrow first opening at the face into a relatively wide first zone. The channel then further extends into the board from the first zone through a relatively narrow second opening into a second zone. The board provides superior water drainage, and protects a below-grade building wall from excessive moisture. Further disclosed is a method for using the foam board in below-grade applications.
A vertical drainage device including a generally plate-like elongated conduit member formed of a synthetic resin and a non-woven fabric attached to the conduit member. The vertical drainage device is adapted to be embedded into soil in a vertical direction coincident with a longitudinal direction of the conduit member and adapted to suck up water existing in the soil. The conduit member is comprised of a plurality of parallel vertical ribs extending in the longitudinal direction of the conduit member and a plurality of transverse ribs extending in a transverse direction of the conduit member for connecting the vertical ribs together. A spacing 1 between the adjacent ones of the vertical ribs is set to a 0.5 mm-5 mm, so as to define a conduit space between the adjacent vertical ribs. Accordingly, a drainage efficiency of the vertical drainage device can be greatly improved.
Disclosed is a rigid, thermoplastic foam board useful in below-grade residential and commercial insulating and drainage applications. The board defines a plurality of oriented channels extending therein along the board. The channel extends into the board through a relatively narrow first opening at the face into a relatively wide first zone. The channel then further extends into the board from the first zone through a relatively narrow second opening into a second zone. The board provides superior water drainage, and protects a below-grade building wall from excessive moisture. Further disclosed is a method for using the foam board in below-grade applications.
A system for forming a water tight spaced cavity adjacent a basement wall sitting on a footer adjacent the footer drain to prevent water leakage into the basement which incorporates a light weight material with suitable strength to form a water tight sealed open spaced cavity adjacent the wall and the footer drain extending from the footer to near the surface of the ground adjacent the wall so as to keep the outer surface of the wall dry. Preferably a polystyrene or a light weight material is utilized with ribbed or other internal structural supports made to support the outer skin of the unit away from the wall to create the open spaced cavity adjacent the wall.
