mate of mine has an old house with a small stream going through the cellar, took us ages figuring out what was going on, some of it was just rising water table but there was an additional coal cellar we found burried under the patio completely full, suspect the soakaway was doing very little previous owners sold off land and I suspect soakaway might even be on the sold off bit possibly even removed. Must remember to check in with them and see what they found.
There is an underground stream in that area and when it rains heavy the water table rises and conditions turn into what you see, some people fit drainage systems some leave it in the hands of the gods.
Hi Simon how much should it cost to put a raised sub floor in on a semi downstairs across living room dining room kitchen. We are told have a higher water table rises. So moisture. We may have blocked air bricks. Does it just need air vents or do you need both ?
@@dampsam Floorboard in one area lifted. Concrete flooring with layer of what looks like mud, wooden joist showed wet reading. Moisture in air high reading of 80.
I'm actually thinking of getting rid of the cellar underneath my suspended floor (150 year old Victorian house) by removing the joists below the floor and treating somehow the ground (soil + cement), probably by fixing some damp proofing membrane.. There's a few air bricks on each of the two walls exposed to the exterior.. Unfortunately I haven't much space in my home and every inch matter so there's any recommendation you could give me to achieve this and trying to tackle any potential damp problems, do you think there's any structural issues I should be prepared to look into before removing any joists/sleepers..? Many Thanks, Juan
Hi Juan, I couldn’t really comment without seeing the job, I wouldn’t want to give you any wrong advise. I would say contact a competent person on any job your about to undertake for a site visit.
mate of mine has an old house with a small stream going through the cellar, took us ages figuring out what was going on, some of it was just rising water table but there was an additional coal cellar we found burried under the patio completely full, suspect the soakaway was doing very little previous owners sold off land and I suspect soakaway might even be on the sold off bit possibly even removed. Must remember to check in with them and see what they found.
How much would a plumber charge to remove the water and install a pipe under the subfloor to prevent future rain water?
Every job is different
Did you find out what the cause of the problem? We are in Brecks in Rotherham and have found around a foot of water under our subfloor
There is an underground stream in that area and when it rains heavy the water table rises and conditions turn into what you see, some people fit drainage systems some leave it in the hands of the gods.
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Hi Simon how much should it cost to put a raised sub floor in on a semi downstairs across living room dining room kitchen. We are told have a higher water table rises. So moisture. We may have blocked air bricks. Does it just need air vents or do you need both ?
Without seeing the job it’s hard to comment unfortunately
@@dampsam
Floorboard in one area lifted. Concrete flooring with layer of what looks like mud, wooden joist showed wet reading. Moisture in air high reading of 80.
I'm actually thinking of getting rid of the cellar underneath my suspended floor (150 year old Victorian house) by removing the joists below the floor and treating somehow the ground (soil + cement), probably by fixing some damp proofing membrane.. There's a few air bricks on each of the two walls exposed to the exterior..
Unfortunately I haven't much space in my home and every inch matter so there's any recommendation you could give me to achieve this and trying to tackle any potential damp problems, do you think there's any structural issues I should be prepared to look into before removing any joists/sleepers..? Many Thanks,
Juan
Hi Juan, I couldn’t really comment without seeing the job, I wouldn’t want to give you any wrong advise. I would say contact a competent person on any job your about to undertake for a site visit.