Sandy clay keeps water against the footing for weeks. Drain tile gives it a faster way out.
The soil between Big Indian Creek and Flat Creek takes water in and holds it, so the ground around a Perry basement footing can stay saturated for a week or more after a storm. That is a long time for water to be sitting against a wall looking for a way through.
Interior drain tile shortens that dramatically. Washed stone around a perforated pipe is far more permeable than sandy clay, so water reaching the trench moves along it and leaves.
Where a Perry house sits decides the discharge. On the higher ground around town we can often run a gravity line, which costs nothing to operate. On the low ground in the bottoms, the drain ends at a sump and the pump does the lifting.
Here is what our basement french drains work includes on a Perry home, in town or out toward the Houston County line.

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