Water getting into house

serena

I am not sure if this is the right place to ask, but would appreciate any advice.

Last year we removed the carpet from our cloakroom floor to replace with vinyl. We discovered that the floor underneath was wet. We checked all the plumbing, no leaks. The floor dried out fairly fast, but we found that the wet appeared every time it rained. The water is obviously coming up from under the floor, but we can't work out where it is getting in.

We have removed a climber over the adjacent roof, and checked all the roof tiles on the house and garage roof. We have also checked out the gutters and down pipes.

The cloakroom floor is above the outside ground floor level. The house is 17 years old, and I think it was built on a solid concrete foundation.

Any suggestions please?

MrsM_4

simple but very plausible.. is it coming in under the bottom of a door? Get the flooring up and watch, bit of a pain, but you've got to find the source - good luck - miserable being cold and wet!

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wanttosave

serena wrote:

I am not sure if this is the right place to ask, but would appreciate any advice.

Last year we removed the carpet from our cloakroom floor to replace with vinyl. We discovered that the floor underneath was wet. We checked all the plumbing, no leaks. The floor dried out fairly fast, but we found that the wet appeared every time it rained. The water is obviously coming up from under the floor, but we can't work out where it is getting in.

We have removed a climber over the adjacent roof, and checked all the roof tiles on the house and garage roof. We have also checked out the gutters and down pipes.

The cloakroom floor is above the outside ground floor level. The house is 17 years old, and I think it was built on a solid concrete foundation.

Any suggestions please?

have you got solid floors ?

serena

Solid concrete ground floor slab (quoting OH!), Jablite insulation, chipboard floor.

Water is definitely not coming in under front door, which is set back and covered by porch.

wanttosave

serena wrote:

Solid concrete ground floor slab (quoting OH!), Jablite insulation, chipboard floor.

Water is definitely not coming in under front door, which is set back and covered by porch.

has the dpc/dpm or cavity been breached? sounds strange if it only happens when it rains .

Nile

Hello serena


I was wondering if your cloakroom has an outside/external door? If it does, perhaps the door is your problem.

We used to get rain water ingress from the back door until we had a new door fitted.

kazzagrezza

Serena - we had this problem and we found out that water was coming in through the sealant around the frame of the door. We took all the old sealant out and renewed and hence no more leaky door.

Hope it works for you

serena

Thank you all of you for your helpful replies.

No external door, and no sign of leaks around the front door which is next to the cloakroom.

Maybe the dpc or cavity has been breached. OH has wondered if the downpipe outside on that wall has become totally blocked with leaves, and when it rains water backs up and somehow gets through to the top of the concrete block foundation. I still can't work out how it does that...but he's going to be out there this weekend dismantling downpipes, as I am fed up with this!

frugglewump

Is there a window? We had rain water coming in through the join of the window & wall, running down the inside of the wall & over the floor.

serena

Thank you Frugglewump (what a wonderful name!)

The window is actually under the porch, so no water getting in there.