Crawlspace encapsulation with drain and alarm system
OwnerLawrence Janeskyinventor
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Abstract
A drain and alarm system adapted for use with a crawlspace liner encapsulated crawlspace having a floor is provided. The drain and alarm system has a drainage base arranged to be disposed, at least partially, within a hole of the floor and a drainage cover coupled to the drainage base. The drainage cover has an airtight floor drain and a water activated alarm. The water activated alarm alerts a user of a water leak. The crawlspace liner is sealed to the drainage base or the drainage cover. The crawlspace liner has a drainage cutout allowing liquid to flow from a building side of the crawlspace liner to a floor side of the crawlspace liner through the airtight floor drain.
Claims39
A crawlspace seal system for sealing at least a partially subterranean crawlspace comprising:
- a seal barrier disposed on at least a portion of the crawlspace for forming a sealed crawlspace;
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- a drain system communicating with the sealed crawlspace for draining the sealed crawlspace, the drain system comprising;
- a drain basin with a drain opening and an inlet, the drain basin being located relative to the sealed crawlspace to collect free flowing liquid on an interior surface of the sealed crawlspace, and being disposed at least partially outside a seal barrier of the sealed crawlspace so that the drain opening is outside the seal barrier and the inlet is inside the seal barrier and receives the collecting interior liquid, wherein the inlet is airtight and adapted to allow the collecting liquid to flow from inside the seal barrier through the inlet to the drain opening outside the seal barrier and prevents air or vapors from outside the seal barrier from entering through the inlet.
A drain and alarm system adapted for use with a crawlspace liner encapsulated crawlspace having a floor, the drain and alarm system comprising:
- a drainage base arranged to be disposed, at least partially, within a hole of the floor;
- a drainage cover coupled to the drainage base, the drainage cover having an airtight floor drain;
- wherein, the crawlspace liner is sealed to the drainage base or the drainage cover, and wherein, the airtight floor drain forms a drain passage through the crawlspace liner allowing liquid to flow from a building side of the crawlspace liner to outside the crawlspace liner.
A floor drain system for an at least partially subterranean room having a floor, the system comprising:
- a drainage base arranged to be disposed, at least partially, within a hole of the floor;
- an airtight floor drain coupled to the drainage base;
- wherein, liquid may flow in a first direction through the airtight floor drain to the hole in the floor, and wherein, air is prevented from flowing through the airtight floor drain in a second direction, opposite the first direction.
A floor drain system for an at least partially subterranean room having a floor, the system comprising:
- a drainage base having one or more drainage holes, the drainage base arranged so that one or more drainage holes are recessed into soil below the floor;
- a drainage cover coupled to the drainage base, the drainage cover having an airtight floor drain;
- wherein, the drainage cover is provided at an elevation equal to or lower than an elevation of the floor, and wherein, liquid may flow in a first direction through the airtight floor drain to the one or more drainable holes, and wherein, air is prevented from flowing through the airtight floor drain in a second direction, opposite the first direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.