Mira opened her binder to “Foundation drains must discharge to a storm sewer, daylight, or a sump with a backup pump. You’ve done none of these.” She also cited Section 9.7.1.1. on exterior grading, which demands that ground slope away from walls at a minimum of 2% for six metres. Leo’s site sloped toward the foundation.
Leo shrugged. “Grandma doesn’t like steps.” ontario building codes
In the small, rainswept town of Elmira Falls, Ontario, a contractor named Leo had a reputation for cutting corners. His crew could frame a basement in a day, and he bragged that building inspectors “never looked up.” But Leo had never built on a floodplain—until the Patel family hired him to convert their old lakeside garage into a tiny home for their grandmother. Mira opened her binder to “Foundation drains must