Water management

Saturday, September 17 in the afternoon:  With the bracing removed from the concrete forms, it's now time to complete the crawlspace with fill and vapour barrier.

Started filling with sand and noticed the sump is already full of water: 
the weeping tile outside of the foundation is doing its job.

Sloped grade to the sump.  Now when it rains a pump will be required to keep the crawlspace from flooding.

To prevent flooding, trenched an overflow pipe running from the sump for 60 feet down hill towards the lake.

The overflow pipe connects to the weeping tile at the base of the footing.

The last 30 feet of the overflow pipe runs into the bush and is made of perforated pipe allowing water to leach into the ground.