[sr323]

Hi,

This is my forst post and I just wanted to say hello and tahnks in advance for any advice or heklp that I receive.

I just bought my first home and am kind of new at home repair, I grew in a home filled with contractors...but did no go that route....so most of my experience is through watching and listening...not much hands on...until now.

My basement has a "french drain" around the perimeter that ends in a pit with a sump pump. It is kind of muddy and dirty and higher in some spots that in others......

Does anyone have any advice on how to maintain or clean a french drain....I have never seen one in good shape and I am assuming that mine is not in very good shape...so any help or pictures of a "healthy drain" would be appreciated.

also....about every foot or so on the bottom of the foundation wall, theri are holes drilled and when it rains water drips / trickles from openings......

Thanks.

..:: Steven