French drain w/ vapor barrier in basement
Just bought a home w/ a walk out basement. The home is built on hill. The lowest part of basement is finished out. The top part is not. By this I mean as the hill slops away form the first floor, the area with enough room is finished out. Any way, the crawl space doses not have a vapor barrier and where the dirt meets the slab seems to be collecting water.
So I am going to add both a vapor barrier and a French drain. Long story short, I cant find any thing on the web or in a book that tells me if the drain goes over our under the barrier. I would think I want it under, but then I can't figure how to mess with the sump pump.
Any thoughts? Or good Wright up's with diagrams or pictures for the visual learners in the group?
83 CJ 8, a work in progress