Cellar flooded last week to ankle height but no heavy rainfall, water level remained static. Water was pumped out and within minutes water started to seep back in my the highest side of the cellar, neighbouring party wall (terraced house is built on a slope). Couldn't see any specific entry point on floor or wall etc but from the whole of one side of the cellar water stated to puddle up then run down to the lowest part of the cellar. Checked after a couple of hours and cellar looked as it did before the pumping began as cellar was completely flooded again.
I don't think it is a burst water supply pipe as our water pressure is still ok and we have no issues with internal water hot or cold and the water level remains static. There are apparently streams running along side and underneath the house but this has never happened before. Over the years after a couple of severe weather storms where it has rained for days on end the cellar has had some water in it but that has dispersed by itself the next day or a couple of days and other than it is a just a damp cold cellar.
Why won't the water drain away and what is the solution?
I don't think it is a burst water supply pipe as our water pressure is still ok and we have no issues with internal water hot or cold and the water level remains static. There are apparently streams running along side and underneath the house but this has never happened before. Over the years after a couple of severe weather storms where it has rained for days on end the cellar has had some water in it but that has dispersed by itself the next day or a couple of days and other than it is a just a damp cold cellar.
Why won't the water drain away and what is the solution?