Record Where and When Water Appears

Stay clear of standing water near electrical equipment, unstable materials and contaminated conditions. Escalate active hazards through appropriate channels. Begin the water-source file with a date and its symptom, drainage segment and outlet; attach the available evidence before making the investigation, repair or excavation decision. The next checkpoint is “Do not enter unsafe crawlspaces or excavations.” Record immediate actions without obscuring the original symptom. Keep that action beside its observation. The drainage-scope reviewer can then distinguish the intake water-source file from drainage closeout record material added during later pricing or investigation.

• Record immediate actions without obscuring the original symptom.

The comparison should address rainfall timing, interior symptom location, plumbing events, sump behaviour and exterior surface-water observations; otherwise two prices may describe materially different work. Water at a finished wall does not identify its path, so weather timing and nearby plumbing events should be logged without declaring a source. Photograph from a safe, dry position; then record immediate actions without obscuring the original symptom. Label each drainage photograph, drawing and prior record by symptom, drainage segment and outlet and date. When an unviewed drain or below-grade condition remains, record it in the water-source file; identify the drainage-scope reviewer review or drainage closeout record document that could resolve it. Surface water at one location cannot establish the route or condition of the buried drainage system.

• Photograph from a safe, dry position
• Record immediate actions without obscuring the original symptom

Note rainfall or snowmelt timing, plumbing use, wall or floor location, height, spread, colour and odour. Mark each observation on a simple plan. Describe each symptom, system segment and outlet separately, citing its supporting drainage photograph, measurement or dated document. Note sump cycles or alarms without altering settings. A finding at one symptom, drainage segment and outlet may alter the proposed investigation, repair or excavation decision; unobserved parts of the property drainage system stay outside the available evidence.

• Note sump cycles or alarms without altering settings.

“Separate a one-time event from a recurring pattern” belongs on its own line in the water-source file. For the symptom, drainage segment and outlet, pair the drainage photograph evidence with any concealed or untested property drainage system limits. Record nearby fixtures and supply or drain events. Note sump cycles or alarms without altering settings. Cross-reference the drainage investigation or construction response answer to its drainage photograph; include the water-source file drawing, a product document for the drainage investigation or construction response, or a dated reply from the drainage-scope reviewer. Place the investigation or authority checkpoint before excavation advances, below-grade work is covered or an outlet assumption becomes embedded in the price.

• Record nearby fixtures and supply or drain events
• Note sump cycles or alarms without altering settings

From accessible ground, record grading, downspout discharge, pooling, cleanouts and known outlet information. Before proceeding, use the record to define investigation questions. Give task ownership to the drainage-scope reviewer; place its checkpoint before the investigation, repair or excavation decision, then name the expected drainage closeout record. This separates current water-source file evidence from the proposed drainage investigation or construction response. Put manufacturer information and drainage-scope reviewer input in the drainage closeout record; file authority questions under the relevant property drainage system decision.

• Use the record to define investigation questions.

Resolve “Do not infer pipe condition from surface water alone” before ranking proposals. State the baseline symptom, drainage segment and outlet, proposed drainage investigation or construction response, exclusions, quantities and written change process. Collect prior inspection and repair documents. Use the record to define investigation questions. Review each drainage photograph while it can still change the investigation, repair or excavation decision. Record a dated investigation, repair or excavation decision choice or assign the remaining unviewed drain or below-grade condition. Track that uncertainty in the drainage closeout record, outside the lump-sum total.

• Collect prior inspection and repair documents
• Use the record to define investigation questions

Finish this source record as a water-source file: include its starting evidence, location map, proposed drainage investigation or construction response and unresolved limits. For “Record Where and When Water Appears,” justify each drainage investigation or construction response inclusion and assign the next unviewed drain or below-grade condition. In the water-source file, list the approvals, product records and drainage closeout record expected. Continue with “Define What the Inspection Must Show”, “Verify Where Collected Water Can Go”, and “Normalize Investigation, Excavation and Restoration” for related property drainage system decisions. Use the water-source file guide links for any wider drainage investigation or construction response comparison. Attach each dated Port Coquitlam or provincial reference to the outlet, permit or system question it actually addresses.

• Name the next investigation, repair or excavation decision, responsible drainage-scope reviewer and water-source file evidence still required
• Retain dated official property drainage system sources and guide links within the drainage closeout record