So my new house has a large number of 'features' that we're putting right over the next few years!
One I found today is a damp wall in the kitchen where the wall joins the lounge...on the outside of the wall is a rainwater drain and next to that an air brick that goes under the under the lounge...
The drain was blocked and full of what looked like it could have been poo backed up from somewhere (or very very well rotted vegetation, but looked like poo). This cleared with a good rodding, but didn't flow to the nearest man hole or (as i checked out after) the man hole at the front of the property...it drains away somewhere, but I've no idea where. It's got a level of water in it like it has a 'U' bend trap but I can't even see what direction it goes in....
Second query is with the air bricks...the previous owner laid a concrete patio that's much higher than I guess ever intended and is 2" above the bottom of the air bricks with a 6' gap left in front of the brick. This means that whenever it rains, the water falling into this little 'cut-out' has nowhere to go but into the air brick...
How bad is it that water is getting in to my air bricks? and how bad is it that I can't find where one of my drains goes??
will try and get plans for the house to see of the drains are marked, but any other ideas??
One I found today is a damp wall in the kitchen where the wall joins the lounge...on the outside of the wall is a rainwater drain and next to that an air brick that goes under the under the lounge...
The drain was blocked and full of what looked like it could have been poo backed up from somewhere (or very very well rotted vegetation, but looked like poo). This cleared with a good rodding, but didn't flow to the nearest man hole or (as i checked out after) the man hole at the front of the property...it drains away somewhere, but I've no idea where. It's got a level of water in it like it has a 'U' bend trap but I can't even see what direction it goes in....
Second query is with the air bricks...the previous owner laid a concrete patio that's much higher than I guess ever intended and is 2" above the bottom of the air bricks with a 6' gap left in front of the brick. This means that whenever it rains, the water falling into this little 'cut-out' has nowhere to go but into the air brick...
How bad is it that water is getting in to my air bricks? and how bad is it that I can't find where one of my drains goes??
will try and get plans for the house to see of the drains are marked, but any other ideas??