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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It should be fine, OP. Not ideal but your house has perimeter drains and if they’re working properly, they can handle it. [/quote]

Utter nonsense.

If perimeter drains could handle it, why would the house have gutters and downspouts?

There was a time after perimeter drains were introduced, in the 50's and 60's, when people thought they were magic and could handle any amount of water. Houses were built without gutters and downspouts. Those that are still standing were retrofitted with gutters and downspouts. [/quote]

All homes built after 90s have exterior French drains and sump , you should be able to not ever have water in the basement even if a downspout fails. [/quote]

:lol:  :lol:  :lol:

This is complete and utter bullsh*t. I put up 1200 homes last year for a major east coast builder and not a single one had an exterior french drain. Not one.[/quote]

This is true. We don’t have them on our new home. [/quote]

That's wild, you should have gotten an inspection [/quote]
Your inspector won't see if the house has or doesn't have french drains.[/quote]

Wouldn’t they see if there’s no sump pump?[/quote]

A sump pump isn't required. It's better practice, if the site allows, to have drains go to daylight using only gravity. That way you're not dependent on having power and the sump pump working. If there's a pipe coming out of the ground 20' away from the house the inspector's not going to know what it's for. [/quote]

I guess I assume the inspector would check for that. Ours did, and explained the purpose(s) of the sump pump. I figure not that many houses with finished basements are set up for gravity drains, right? I mean that would be a pretty steep slope. [/quote]

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