Water under floor...Please help!!!

Suzy-Q

Thanks Mark...silly question but, front or back...the flagged front isn't cemented in so could lift them ok....garden at back quite a way from house....6 foot away ...
the front is quite high....lots of soil underneath...with block driveway to the side sloping...

Marktheshark

Which ever is closest to the room.
If this fills with water, then it could be a Water table issue, if it is filling the void with gravel a dpm and concrete the rest can stop the damp smell.

wallbash

This will show if its a water table issue in the area.

First thoughts, any new LARGE building in the very near proximity.
But second thoughts, we have been assured its clean water........so a broken pipe.?? Unlikely to be a spring.
Garden is clay.

Is the house in a depression , side of a hill , top of mountain.
Just throwing ideas out.

macman

Suzy-Q wrote: »

oh forgot to ask....rainwater drainage....is that street drainage???

Some rainwater drains to the street sewer via your household drainage system, some is drained via soakaways on your own property. Walk around the house and check, it should be obvious from the positioning of the downpipes if they're feeding the household system or soakaways,

Ruski

Excellent - lot's of ideas forthcoming here!


Liking the idea of a pit - from what you're saying it is leading to a water table issue.


The WB did mean 'natural' water as opposed to 'tap water' when they said 'clear water' didn't they?


Although if the initial clearout included sewer water too there is obviously a leak from somewhere from that side too.


I'd be starting with drain dye now, it'll take a lot of patience but could help you pinpoint the source.


If it's clear water I'd be tempted to start with your rainwater outlets initially, followed by your foul water systems - every outlet you can think of. Toilets, sinks, baths, showers, manhole covers.


HTH


Russ

warmhands.coldheart

When we renovated our house we found quite a big void under our floorboards. no laying water but ground was damp. had to dig a hole for a small foundation for a pillar for a RSJ as was taking down an internal wall and when we dug the hole found it filled with water..... Outside like your issues the garden is a real heavy clay and it was really wet weather.... I recon it may be a water table issue. How come it seems to level off an not keep rising which Id imagine would be the case if it was a leaking pipe....

We lifted all the floor boards downstairs, hardcored, concreted, insulated and screeded the floors....... no issues now...... Neighbour still has problems though during wet weather..... exact same as what you're having....

Suzy-Q

Firstly, thanks everyone for taking the time to reply!!! ( can't believe how many people are willing to try and help.)


We have been onto the waterboard again to see if they will come and re-check all the rainwater gullies, waiting for news.


Spoken to a Surveyor, he says it sounds like ;


1) Rainwater gullies.
2) Water table.
3) A spring...EEEEKKKKK!!!!!


Eventually spoke to neighbour next door ( connected to ours) he says he has a " sump" under his floor.....was in when they moved in....says that there's water under the boards in winter, dries out in summer...he would only worry when there's a smell or if it was coming up through the boards....


We haven't been under the floor for 3/4 years now...so wouldn't know if there was excess water there...


I'm hoping that it is the water table...and maybe insurance will install a" sump pump"....
will keep everyone updated, many, many thanks to everyone...

Suzy-Q

Warmhands...
Thank you for your reply..
should imagine the hardcore,concrete etc. was expensive...


we're hoping the water level has stopped at 2 inches again...will check with hubby later...hate looking at it myself..


Russ...
yes they meant natural water as opposed to tap...the WB did do dye testing twice...but as said in earlier post trying to get them to come out again and repeat this..


Macman...yes they're feeding household system...


thank you for your help I'm learning more by the day!!!!


sorry if I've missed anyone... many thanks...

Cyberman60

Another issue we had was when a neighbour planted a tree next to a sewerage drain in his back garden. The roots grew into the sewer and blocked the drainage resulting in his neighbour downstream getting inches of very foul smelling sewage in his garden. He promised to keep the roots checked but did not so exactly the same thing happened again. :mad:

sheramber

In one of houses I had a self watering greenhouse.

The water came up through the ground and the slabs were squelching when you walked on them.

Hubby dug a huge pit behind the greenhouse and we could watch the water level going up and down with the tide coming in and going out- we lived on low level ground near the sea.

When the council landscaped the rough ground surrounding our housing estate many people had water cascading down through their back gardens and down their drives onto the road.

They had blocked natural springs that had previously drained the water away.

They had to instal a drainage system.