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Hi guys and gals,
we moved in to a refurbished pub (Ground floor, 1 of 2, 3 others above) in Jan 2015 and in November 2015 had a bloom of clean fresh water in the middle of the flat. Which is pretty much the middle of the building.
Now the floor is suspended over the cellar and it is not full so its coming from somewhere above where it pools. Be it 1" above or 10m above but gravity is doing the rest. It pooled at the partition between our flat hallway and next doors bathroom. We thought bathroom problem but no such luck. It was raining hard outside so we assumed it was penetrating damp or a run off that had made its way in to the building. It is around the nub where an internal door frame is and the skirting board wraps around what would be a footplate, end vertical support and headplate for the stud wall underneath the plasterboard.
it dried up , we got on with our life and went abroad for 6 months.
Then whilst we were renting it out the cupboard next to the bathroom (along the hall, raised 300mm above rest of flat on concrete slab) started to ooze water. The cupboard got very wet and the carpets were pulled up and the property manager ditched them !!!!!!! idiot.
The water from the storm pooled heavily against our back wall (cupboard and bathroom walls) in the carpark (neighbour said 4-6" easily). We had a builder round who said there was no provision for run off of water or drainage for the car park and it had penetrated the wall.
Hey ho, we now have a fight with the builders as we would like them to pay for the carpets and loss of rent as the insurers have said it is an inherent fault with the property and wiped their hands.
We agree with them however surveyor who provided the surveyors warranty on the conversion is now saying it was storm water ingress so its for the insurance to deal with !!! He said they put in a run off and it should have cleared so no fault that he can see. Back to square one !!
I went to the flat today and removed the gravel on the so called "soakaway" , revealing only 2" of gravel then hard compacted mud and stones. Not a soakaway at all or a path for running water. with the wall to the left of the image it is like a swimming pool with nowhere to go. No wonder it comes through the bl**dy wall !
SO ...... sorry to ramble ..... What do we do as winter is coming and we are getting nowhere, flat is costing us £700 a month mortgage and we have £1000 of carpets to replace.
WWYD ????? Thanks in advance
I think not having the runaway breaches H3 of the building regs. Who agrees? Thanks
we moved in to a refurbished pub (Ground floor, 1 of 2, 3 others above) in Jan 2015 and in November 2015 had a bloom of clean fresh water in the middle of the flat. Which is pretty much the middle of the building.
Now the floor is suspended over the cellar and it is not full so its coming from somewhere above where it pools. Be it 1" above or 10m above but gravity is doing the rest. It pooled at the partition between our flat hallway and next doors bathroom. We thought bathroom problem but no such luck. It was raining hard outside so we assumed it was penetrating damp or a run off that had made its way in to the building. It is around the nub where an internal door frame is and the skirting board wraps around what would be a footplate, end vertical support and headplate for the stud wall underneath the plasterboard.
it dried up , we got on with our life and went abroad for 6 months.
Then whilst we were renting it out the cupboard next to the bathroom (along the hall, raised 300mm above rest of flat on concrete slab) started to ooze water. The cupboard got very wet and the carpets were pulled up and the property manager ditched them !!!!!!! idiot.
The water from the storm pooled heavily against our back wall (cupboard and bathroom walls) in the carpark (neighbour said 4-6" easily). We had a builder round who said there was no provision for run off of water or drainage for the car park and it had penetrated the wall.
Hey ho, we now have a fight with the builders as we would like them to pay for the carpets and loss of rent as the insurers have said it is an inherent fault with the property and wiped their hands.
We agree with them however surveyor who provided the surveyors warranty on the conversion is now saying it was storm water ingress so its for the insurance to deal with !!! He said they put in a run off and it should have cleared so no fault that he can see. Back to square one !!
I went to the flat today and removed the gravel on the so called "soakaway" , revealing only 2" of gravel then hard compacted mud and stones. Not a soakaway at all or a path for running water. with the wall to the left of the image it is like a swimming pool with nowhere to go. No wonder it comes through the bl**dy wall !
SO ...... sorry to ramble ..... What do we do as winter is coming and we are getting nowhere, flat is costing us £700 a month mortgage and we have £1000 of carpets to replace.
WWYD ????? Thanks in advance
I think not having the runaway breaches H3 of the building regs. Who agrees? Thanks