water in utility room

[SpaghettiBetti]

I have water coming into the utility room when it rains - up to 5 or 6 litres on a very rainy day. It's coming through the floor. The driveway is on the far side of the wall and the ground level on the driveway is higher than that of the utility room.

I don't know even where to start looking for help. Do I simply need to have a dampcourse fitted to the utility room wall, or would that be expecting too much of a dampcourse? Would a dampcourse just push the problem somewhere else?

Someone has suggested digging the driveway up and getting a French drain put in, but the house is 15th century, so maybe not very deep foundations, so the French drain would need to be a decent distance from the wall, so maybe not effective.

Any help would be appreciated, even if suggesting whom I could ask to come and advise (ie I don't know whether I need a surveyor, a damp specialist, a builder etc)

Thanks!

Betti.

 

[pinenot]

If you could post some pics of the door at it's foot, open and closed. Also some of the drive/wall in relationship and any others you think might be relevant, would be good...pinenot

 

[stuart45]

Iv'e recently installed a French drain for someone with a similar problem.
The ground level was about 3ft higher than the inside floor in one corner, so when the water table was really high it came up through the concrete floor.

 

[tony1851]

If you could post some pics of the door at it's foot, open and closed. Also some of the drive/wall in relationship and any others you think might be relevant, would be good...pinenot

She said it was coming through the floor, not under the door?

 

[gregers]

im thinking whatever you do may have to be granted permission to do it as no doubt it is listed/protected?
you could try creating a channel to the correct level with internal floor and back filling with pea shingle,
or digging down and either with painting black jack on the wall,or a suitable physical damp membrane installed onto the wall,
or the french drain method,but the moisture may well leach under the drain itself ??

 

[pinenot]

[/quote] She said it was coming through the floor, not under the door?[/quote]

Are you saying you know why I asked this, and can you please share this mind feat with the rest of us??

 

[tony1851]

She said it was coming through the floor, not under the door?[/quote]

Are you saying you know why I asked this,[/quote]

No.

 

[masona]

I don't know even where to start looking for help.

Normally it's not difficult to do with the right information, a photo will tell us more