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Hopefully you can see from the pic that there seems to be nowhere for the water to run

As it's so shallow could I just fill it with mortar and slope it away from the wall that so any water runs into the patio? Snatching at straws here as I have no idea what's best for the long run :-(

Ops forgot the pic

Well I've dug out the gravel and the trench is very shallow, maybe a few inches max and the base seems to be concrete and not earth as I cannot dig down past it, there also doesn't appear to be any visible dpc. The area all around is patio slabs so I'm not sure where the water is supposed to...

All your responses and advice are very much appreciated. I had a little dig around last night in the relentless rain and it seems there's lots of silt and debris etc down there so it's hardly surprising the water isn't draining away. The area does not suffer from driving rain as I have my...

Thanks for responding Garyo I have a feeling that they are a very similar level but will deffo update and provide a pic at the weekend. If there's no pipe in the trench can I just improvise by digging deeper and filling with large gravel or by drilling some holes in a piece of plastic drain...

Hiya, I had a look this morning and couldn't see any sign of a dpc but I'm planning to dig out the trench over the weekend and hopefully unblock and re-gravel it. To be honest the various building work done by the previous owners is a bit shoddy so I'm considering the possibility that there may...

Thanks for responding, I've just popped outside and took a couple of pics

it is raining heavily and I can see that where the single skin brick wall of my "lean to" meets the concrete floor water is seeping through as I have wet patches appearing. There is no actually pooling of water more like the water is soaking through and the patches are slowly getting larger. Any...