> On Mar 5, 2015, at 10:06 AM, Al Kozakiewicz <akozak@hourglass.com> wrote:
>
> If you're going to use any kind of drain pipe, it doesn't matter where the
> holes are. On the top, on the bottom, sides, it matters not. Water seeks
> it's own level. If you bury a drain hole riddled pipe so that it is below
> the water table at any time of year - even shallow during a rainstorm - that
> pipe will completely fill with a quantity of water that eclipses anything you
> might get from condensation.
I always assumed burying conduit with a bed of gravel under it and holes down
was kinda like a septic line where any accumulation of water from whatever
cause would likely drain out. Certainly contrary to what you write, Al, I
would assume it better to have the holes down as opposed to saying it doesn't
matter. Water won't find its own level other than the one created by a solid 4
inch diameter pipe with holes on top. It could fill with standing water and be
there for months while the ground around it had no appreciable water content.
73...Stan, K5GO
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