Recent content by Knightrider2691

Thank you. What are the internal sumps you refer to?

Thanks for your input. Yes the front is primarily block and flagged paving. The main sewer to hook into is run off water so from what I have seen there would be no problem running the ACO into that.

Hello. For some weeks I have been trying to determine the best way to lessen the amount of water that seeps through the wall at the front of the property. There is a cellar under all rooms and a slope within the cellar from front to back. An amount of water seeps into the cellar and runs out the...

The water is not massive amounts but it just caused me concern as to its effect on the building materials. The channels work well so water is not sat in the cellar. There were some minor internal cracks in plaster but think this is old and / or due to temperature. There are no bulges in walls or...

Thanks. My intention was to live in the property and let mine out, being like my pension, so i would really like o keep two properties. I have had cavity wall insulation removed to address minor damp issues, i have a full rewire booked in, I am having cavity wall ties replaced and after that I...

Thank you John. I am in the UK btw, so we get little in the way of drought. The cellar slopes front to back. A buidling survey recommended an ACO drain at the front to reduce water run off to the outside wall. That has yet to be installed. The water comes in at the front about 4 feet below the...

Thanks for your response. I do not know what the material is but i would say it was concrete. There are areas around the walls where it is breaking down and coming away in bits. It is also soft and compressable in places. I dug a hole from the inner towards the out leaf and all i found was soil...

Good morning. I am not a builder and the photos are from an inherited property. This is the cellar that extends throughout the whole footprint of the 1934 built bungalow in Blackpool. Water runs through the cellar from front to back (the property is below street level and the cellar floor has a...