21. Q. You always mention putting rocks or crushed stone in a sump hole in the basement floor, where a sump pump is located. 22. Quarry tile, which is set in mortar over a base of crushed stone that provides drainage, is attractive and expensive. 23. Some specialists feel that there should be several inches of crushed stone or gravel under the stone dust to provide good drainage, but this is not essential. 24. The crushed stone and apron are simply to give a neat place for water to drip into, because nothing will grow on the drip line. 25. The Henderson outlet dam is obviously engineered, made of uniformly crushed gray stone. 26. The thick layer of crushed stone will provide drainage, eliminating or minimizing water under the pad. 27. The worst are setting blocks or crushed stone on the ground and putting the deck down. 28. They will put in crushed stone where they park their vehicle. 29. This will allow water to go into the crushed stone and not come up again to bring up lime from the concrete. 30. Two contractors suggested breaking up the concrete, and taking it away, excavating several inches, and installing crushed stone under the new concrete. |