Crawl Space Drainage

The Basement Doctor's SmartDrain keeps crawl spaces dry when plumbing leaks happen

In a dirt crawl space a plumbing leak will leak into the dirt forever (because you’ll never notice it), keeping the dirt wet and the humidity up. When a CleanSpace® system is installed, a plumbing leak can fill up your crawl space like a swimming pool. Sump systems like SuperSump and TripleSafe™, have airtight lids with airtight floor drains that drain water from the top of the CleanSpace® liner in the event of a plumbing leak in your crawl space.

If you don’t have groundwater leakage you won’t need a sump system in your crawl space with your CleanSpace® system. However, you still need to provide for plumbing leaks. You can do this with a SmartDrain .

A SmartDrain is a drywell-type unit that gets installed in your crawl space along with the CleanSpace® liner. It features an alarm and an airtight floor drain in its lid. In the event of a plumbing leak, the alarm sounds alerting you to the leak, and the water drains away into the soil under the CleanSpace® until you get the leak fixed.