Apparatus and method for diverting water at basement joints

A system for diverting water from a building's foundation, said foundation comprising a basement footing having an interior face oriented towards an interior of the foundation, a basement wall having an interior face oriented towards the interior of the foundation, and a basement floor slab, said system comprising:

• a channel for collecting water,
• said channel having a body presenting a bottom end and a top end, said bottom end defined by a floor having first and second sides,
• said body further including a first wall extending generally upwardly from the first side of the floor, and a second wall extending generally upwardly from the second side of the floor,
• said channel further including a first flange extending generally horizontally from a top end of the first wall of the body and a second flange extending generally horizontally from a top end of the second wall of the body,
• said body presenting an opening at the top end for receipt of water into the body,
• said body configured for installation below the basement floor slab and generally proximal to the interior face of the footing;
• a generally horizontally extending track having a first side and a second side and presenting a plurality of downwardly extending ridges extending horizontally between the first and second sides,
• said track configured for installation below the basement floor slab,
• said track positioned directly over the opening in the body of the channel and directly contacting the first and second flanges of the channel, such that the first side of the track is proximate the interior face of the basement wall, and the second side of the track is proximate the interior of the foundation, and further such that each ridge is spaced a vertical distance above the top end of the body of the channel,
• wherein water draining generally horizontally through the downwardly extending ridges is guided directly to the opening at the top end of the body of the channel and is collected within the channel through only the top end of the channel;
• and
• a generally vertically extending guide configured for installation proximate to the interior face of the basement wall for diverting water entering along the interior face of the basement wall to the channel,
• said guide presenting a wall generally perpendicular to the track,
• said wall having a plurality of intermittently spaced projections extending towards the interior face of the basement wall.