Water in my cellar

OrbitHeadache

JohnB47 said:

Is the wall with the high up air brick the same one as shown in the dipped floor photo? Is that a missing brick at near ground level?

Looks like coal was delivered down there, via a shute now bricked up around the air brick. 

The sunken floor was probably caused by many years of walking back and forward to collect the coal.

What is outside the air brick? Is is perhaps a void with a metal grid above? Or maybe a cast iron cover? Just wondering if water could be pooling outside of that air brick and seeping down. It's very wet this autumn.

Hi I am not sure what you mean.

Where the gas meter and stopcock is that is the dry area of the cellar the other side of the cellar which is separated by a brick wall is the wet side where rain water is seemingly getting inside.

I have had a look now and rain water is back inside the cellar, I am sure when the rain stops it will dry again.

Considering how wet it is the amount of rain in the cellar does not seem alot (thank goodness)

Is this a major problem for me?

How shall I get it resolved?

JohnB47

Sorry to confuse. I thought the cellar was just one rectangular space. I was just wondering if you could spot where water was actually getting in, rather than it being an unusual rise in the water table.

I don't think it's too much to worry about, unless you plan to actually use the room for some purpose. As long as it's ventilated and reasonably well insulated from the rest of the house ( i.e. seals around entry doors), it's probably ok.

Getting the area fully dry would involve some sort of tanking of the walls and a new floor. You'd loose space doing that and it would be very expensive.

twopenny

Are all the road drains clear?

I've known a house get water in the cellar when heavy rain got in when the road drains were blocked. 
The neighbours went out at midnight to keep the drainage flowing (those were the days!) including me and it was a bit of a party.
 The cellar still had minor problems and needed to dry out but was much better.