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I have a 1930s semi detached house and a few weeks ago found water underneath the floor boards in the living room after a junction box that was sitting on the ground became saturated with water.
The water was pumped out (I wasn’t there at the time but I’m told it was quite a lot) but has since returned numerous times only no one knows, or can tell, where it’s coming from.
I did have someone round that excavated the drain outside which collects the water from the kitchen and guttering and a crack in the clay pipe was found which did seem to be leaking slowly so this was replaced. However the water has continued to come in and the water board have confirmed there is no leak on the service pipe to either my house or my neighbours and no leak on the water mains.
Some years ago there was a kitchen extension built on the back of the house before I brought the property and that room has a concrete floor, the lead service pipe is visible under the floorboards where it enters the house, I can see the old stop tap and from there, where the pipes have been extended into the kitchen which then go to a new stop tap. All the pipes in the kitchen are above ground level, none of which are leaking.
The water is not coming in very quickly but seems to be spreading over the days, the water is clear and still and there’s no noise to indicate where it’s coming from and neither are there any damp patches around the house. I can also see the walls underneath the floorboards and they are dry, it’s almost as though the water is rising from the ground.
I’ve attached some photos and on Saturday I also placed some fluorescent dye down the outside drain and then left the water hose running for a good hour but so far there has been no change in the colour of the water under the floor boards and it hasn’t risen a great deal.
I’m eager to get the problem sorted but not sure what kind of tradesman to contact. A few people have mentioned it could possibly be the water table but I live half way up a hill which is some 270m above sea level, could this still be a possibility? I was also talking to my next door neighbour who told me that a house a few doors away from me apparently has a spring in their back garden.
My parents were at my house when the drain was fixed and the guy that did it dug it out the first day and then came back the following day to replace the pipe, in that time there was no rise in the water level in the hole he left open, he also lifted the inspection pit which was clear.
Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated, I’m almost out of ideas. I don’t mind getting it sorted out but I need to know what kind of tradesman would be able to pinpoint the problem for me. On the attached drawing of my house the hatched area is the only area where the water currently is.
The water was pumped out (I wasn’t there at the time but I’m told it was quite a lot) but has since returned numerous times only no one knows, or can tell, where it’s coming from.
I did have someone round that excavated the drain outside which collects the water from the kitchen and guttering and a crack in the clay pipe was found which did seem to be leaking slowly so this was replaced. However the water has continued to come in and the water board have confirmed there is no leak on the service pipe to either my house or my neighbours and no leak on the water mains.
Some years ago there was a kitchen extension built on the back of the house before I brought the property and that room has a concrete floor, the lead service pipe is visible under the floorboards where it enters the house, I can see the old stop tap and from there, where the pipes have been extended into the kitchen which then go to a new stop tap. All the pipes in the kitchen are above ground level, none of which are leaking.
The water is not coming in very quickly but seems to be spreading over the days, the water is clear and still and there’s no noise to indicate where it’s coming from and neither are there any damp patches around the house. I can also see the walls underneath the floorboards and they are dry, it’s almost as though the water is rising from the ground.
I’ve attached some photos and on Saturday I also placed some fluorescent dye down the outside drain and then left the water hose running for a good hour but so far there has been no change in the colour of the water under the floor boards and it hasn’t risen a great deal.
I’m eager to get the problem sorted but not sure what kind of tradesman to contact. A few people have mentioned it could possibly be the water table but I live half way up a hill which is some 270m above sea level, could this still be a possibility? I was also talking to my next door neighbour who told me that a house a few doors away from me apparently has a spring in their back garden.
My parents were at my house when the drain was fixed and the guy that did it dug it out the first day and then came back the following day to replace the pipe, in that time there was no rise in the water level in the hole he left open, he also lifted the inspection pit which was clear.
Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated, I’m almost out of ideas. I don’t mind getting it sorted out but I need to know what kind of tradesman would be able to pinpoint the problem for me. On the attached drawing of my house the hatched area is the only area where the water currently is.
Plus the passageway is shared between me and my next door neighbour but I'm sure she won't mind the mess for a few days.
