Recent content by kamoe

I noticed the water when I went to turn it back on. So it flooded while we were working on the leak. We were able to turn it back on, and all seems to be ok in the house wrt water supply... except the pit is full of water. I just drained water off as much as I could with a plastic cup, and...

We had to turn off the external stop cock tap to fix a leak; then turned it back on after we finished works. But I noticed the deep pipe where the stop cock is, is now full of water. Is this normal? Have we broken it?

Thank you. Yes, it is rain water, and I have noticed most neighbors have diverted their downpipes to the street, instead of to their underground gulleys. I think I understand now why!

The basement in our victorian house is really damp, and after some inspection we believe we have narrowed the cause down to two things: 1. Blocked airvents = this is visible and confirmed 2. A missing connector between the cast iron downpipe at the front of the house and the clay gully...