Basement drainage system with flume channel

Abstract

A basement system includes a concrete basement and a drain channel. The concrete basement includes a basement slab and a basement wall. The basement slab presents a floor surface, with the basement wall extending about the floor surface. The basement slab and basement wall cooperatively define a trench that extends along the basement wall and below the floor surface to receive water in the basement. The drain channel is located at least partly in the trench to collect water therein. The drain channel includes an elongated channel tube and an upright riser integrally formed with the channel tube. The channel tube includes axially-extending opposite side walls that at least partly define an interior to receive water, with at least one of the side walls presenting openings that permit water ingress from the trench to the interior. The riser extends upwardly from one of the side walls and engages the basement wall.

1 . A basement system comprising:
 a concrete basement including a basement slab and a basement wall,   said basement slab presenting a floor surface, with the basement wall extending about the floor surface,   said basement slab and said basement wall cooperatively defining a trench that extends along the basement wall and below the floor surface to receive water in the basement; and   a drain channel located at least partly in the trench to collect water therein,   said drain channel including an elongated channel tube and an upright riser integrally formed with the channel tube,   said channel tube including axially-extending opposite side walls that at least partly define an interior to receive water, with one of the side walls presenting at least two laterally extending rows of openings that permit water ingress from the trench to the interior,   said riser extending upwardly from said one of the side walls and engaging the basement wall,   said one side wall including an upper wall section and an oblique lower wall section that extends obliquely from the upper wall section in a direction toward the other side wall, with the at least two laterally extending rows of openings being located entirely in the oblique lower wall section,   said riser and said upper wall section cooperatively presenting a single, uninterrupted upright support surface, with the support surface extending continuously to lay flat in engagement with the basement wall to define a path for water to migrate along the support surface without passing through the support surface,   said rows of openings being the only openings to project through walls of the channel tube for fluid communication with the interior and located entirely below the upright support surface so that water migrates along the path to the openings.   
     
     
         2 . (canceled) 
     
     
         3 . The basement system as claimed in  claim 1 ,
 said basement wall presenting an exposed wall surface,   said upright support surface and said wall surface each including substantially planar surface sections that are engaged and generally parallel to one another.   
     
     
         4 . The basement system as claimed in  claim 3 ,
 said riser including a central wall and an upper lip extending at an oblique angle relative to the central wall,   said upper lip presenting an uppermost margin spaced apart from the basement wall so that the upper lip and basement wall cooperatively define a groove to receive water.   
     
     
         5 . The basement system as claimed in  claim 1 ,
 said concrete basement including a footing below the basement wall,   said footing partly defining the trench, with the drain channel being supported on the footing.   
     
     
         6 . (canceled) 
     
     
         7 . The basement system as claimed in  claim 1 ,
 an upper row of said openings being located in an upper half of the oblique lower wall section and a lower row of said openings being spaced below the upper row and located in a lower half of the oblique lower wall section.   
     
     
         8 . The basement system as claimed in  claim 1 ,
 at least part of said oblique lower wall section being spaced from the basement wall so that the lower wall section and the basement wall cooperatively define an elongated trough to receive water.   
     
     
         9 . (canceled) 
     
     
         10 . The basement system as claimed in  claim 8 ,
 an upper row of said openings being located in an upper half of the oblique lower wall section and a lower row of said openings being spaced below the upper row and located in a lower half of the oblique lower wall section.   
     
     
         11 . The basement system as claimed in  claim 8 ,
 said riser including a central wall and an upper lip extending at an oblique angle relative to the central wall,   said upper lip presenting an uppermost margin spaced apart from the basement wall so that the upper lip and basement wall cooperatively define a groove to receive water,   said groove and said trough being in fluid communication with one another.   
     
     
         12 . The basement system as claimed in  claim 11 ,
 said basement wall presenting an exposed wall surface,   said upright support surface and said wall surface each including substantially planar surface sections that are engaged and generally parallel to one another,   said riser being operable to flex away from the basement wall so that the planar surface sections become spaced apart and permit water to travel from the groove to the trough.   
     
     
         13 . The basement system as claimed in  claim 1 , further comprising:
 a material layer applied over the channel to secure the channel within the trench.   
     
     
         14 . The basement system as claimed in  claim 13 ,
 said material layer comprising a concrete material.   
     
     
         15 . The basement system as claimed in  claim 13 ,
 said drain channel being substantially covered by the material layer.   
     
     
         16 . The basement system as claimed in  claim 13 , further comprising:
 an aggregate layer applied between the channel and the basement slab, with the material layer being applied over the channel and the aggregate layer.   
     
     
         17 . The basement system as claimed in  claim 16 ,
 said concrete basement including a footing below the basement wall,   said footing partly defining the trench, with the drain channel and the aggregate layer being located on the footing.   
     
     
         18 . The basement system as claimed in  claim 1 , further comprising:
 a basement sump, said channel being in fluid communication with the basement sump.   
     
     
         19 . The basement system as claimed in  claim 1 ,
 said basement wall presenting an exposed wall surface,   said concrete basement including a wall framing attached relative to the basement wall,   said wall framing located above the trench and extending inward relative to the wall surface.   
     
     
         20 . The basement system as claimed in  claim 19 ,
 said wall framing presenting an inboard perimeter margin,   said channel being configured and positioned to extend outwardly relative to the inboard perimeter margin.   
     
     
         21 . A drain channel for use in a concrete basement, said basement including a basement slab and a basement wall and presenting a floor surface, with the basement wall extending about the floor surface, said basement slab and said basement wall cooperatively defining a trench that extends along the basement wall and below the floor surface to receive water in the basement, with the drain channel configured to be located at least partly in the trench, said drain channel comprising:
 an elongated channel tube and an upright riser integrally formed with the channel tube,   said channel tube including axially-extending opposite side walls that at least partly define an interior to receive water, with one of the side walls presenting at least two laterally extending rows of openings that permit water ingress from the trench to the interior,   said riser extending upwardly from said one of the side walls and engaging the basement wall,   said one side wall including an upper wall section and an oblique lower wall section that extends obliquely from the upper wall section in a direction toward the other side wall, with the at least two laterally extending rows of openings being located entirely in the oblique lower wall section,   said riser and said upper wall section cooperatively presenting a single, uninterrupted upright support surface, with the support surface extending continuously to lay flat in engagement with the basement wall to define a path for water to migrate along the support surface without passing through the support surface,   said rows of openings being the only openings to project through walls of the channel tube for fluid communication with the interior and located entirely below the upright support surface so that water migrates along the path to the openings.   
     
     
         22 . (canceled) 
     
     
         23 . The drain channel as claimed in  claim 21 ,
 said riser including a central wall and an upper lip extending at an oblique angle relative to the central wall,   said upper lip presenting an uppermost margin configured to be spaced apart from the basement wall so that the upper lip and basement wall cooperatively define a groove to receive water.   
     
     
         24 . The drain channel as claimed in  claim 21 ,
 an upper row of said openings being located in an upper half of the oblique lower wall section and a lower row of said openings being spaced below the upper row and located in a lower half of the oblique lower wall section.   
     
     
         25 . The drain channel as claimed in  claim 21 ,
 at least part of said oblique lower wall section configured to be spaced from the basement wall so that the lower wall section is configured to cooperate with the basement wall to define an elongated trough to receive water.   
     
     
         26 . The drain channel as claimed in  claim 25 ,
 said openings being spaced along the length of the drain channel and configured to be in fluid communication with the trough,   one of said rows of openings being spaced above another one of the rows of openings.   
     
     
         27 . The drain channel as claimed in  claim 25 ,
 said riser including a central wall and an upper lip extending at an oblique angle relative to the central wall,   said upper lip presenting an uppermost margin configured to be spaced apart from the basement wall so that the upper lip and basement wall cooperatively define a groove to receive water,   said groove configured to be in fluid communication with the trough.   
     
     
         28 . The drain channel as claimed in  claim 24 ,
 each of said openings being laterally spaced from the other openings along the length of the oblique lower wall section.   
     
     
         29 . The basement system as claimed in  claim 7 ,
 each of said openings being laterally spaced from the other openings along the length of the oblique lower wall section.   
     
     
         30 . The drain channel as claimed in  claim 28 ,
 each of said openings having a lateral opening dimension,   each adjacent pair of said openings defining a lateral spacing dimension, with the lateral spacing dimension being at least two times larger than the lateral opening dimension of one of the adjacent pair of openings.   
     
     
         31 . The basement system as claimed in  claim 30 ,
 said lateral opening dimension comprising a diameter dimension that ranges from about one tenth of an inch to about one quarter of an inch.   
     
     
         32 . The basement system as claimed in  claim 29 ,
 each of said openings having a lateral opening dimension,   each adjacent pair of said openings defining a lateral spacing dimension, with the lateral spacing dimension being at least two times larger than the lateral opening dimension of one of the adjacent pair of openings.   
     
     
         33 . The basement system as claimed in  claim 32 ,
 said lateral opening dimension comprising a diameter dimension that ranges from about one tenth of an inch to about one quarter of an inch.