brent chadwick
New Member
Hi members,
Here's a photo of a vertical vent of a retaining wall. It's 4 inch PVC . There is one every 50 feet along this wall. When you look down in the vent you can see the drain rock at the bottom of the back side of the wall. I want to convince the land manager of this nature area to allow me to cut the vents flush with the dirt and cap them. I assume the original installer heard of the need to horizontally "vent" (provide horizontal drainage to daylight) every 50 feet, and then assumed the word "vent" means vertical. Can anyone think of a possible reason these vertical vents were installed? Am I right that they're useless? They are an eyesore. Thanks in advance for your advise!
Here's a photo of a vertical vent of a retaining wall. It's 4 inch PVC . There is one every 50 feet along this wall. When you look down in the vent you can see the drain rock at the bottom of the back side of the wall. I want to convince the land manager of this nature area to allow me to cut the vents flush with the dirt and cap them. I assume the original installer heard of the need to horizontally "vent" (provide horizontal drainage to daylight) every 50 feet, and then assumed the word "vent" means vertical. Can anyone think of a possible reason these vertical vents were installed? Am I right that they're useless? They are an eyesore. Thanks in advance for your advise!
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