-
I have a very identical problem.
Since the previous owners had £lots of home cinema shit down there- I get the feeling that this unbelievable weather we've had had a fair bit to do with it.Our theory is:
- We're going to re-instate the DPC this year.
- 5 years we'll see the financial difference for Tank Vs Full extension.
- up till then- nothing that is important gets stored there, and everything on stilts.
- We're going to re-instate the DPC this year.
-
You'd be looking at a lot of dorrah to put in a proper long last fix to that problem. I'd just use it as a semi habitable space, store beer / wine / non perishable shiz in it.
Assume you've ruled out water leaks from services, gutters, downpipes and land drains? Might be worth looking at if not.
-
My parents have similar. Part of their cellar remains as built but they had the space under the back reception room dug out and converted to a bedroom a few decades ago. The bit of the original cellar that is used to reach the bedroom has a wall that damp finds a way into. They have had various tar type coatings applied to the walls from time to time which seem to sort of work for a while.
People further down the hill get loads of water when it rains a lot and are unable to do anything much with their cellar.
Don't forget it isn't a basement but a coal cellar and probably had a coal shoot from the front path. Using it to store anything else is a bonus.
-
Whats the height on this? I'm tempted with something similar...
You are reading a single comment by @cjr and its replies.
Click here to read the full conversation.
deleted
Howard
jellybaby
chrisbmx116
@cjr
Right people who know, talk to me about damp victorian terraced house basements. We have a 'standard' basement that runs under the hallway with the boundary wall to one side and a shoulder height wall on the inside over which you can see soil/rubble and the void below the dining/livingroom. Pic attached is from when we bought it, previous owner used it and had a tumble dryer and dehumidifier down there. The floor is concrete under the matt.
With the recent heavy rain/floods, we had water seeping in where the wall meets the floor. Not flooding in, but we mopped up at least 4 buckets full. Sections of the bricks along the bottom are still wet, even after 2 weeks of heat, air movers and a dehumidifier.
Is there anything that can be done to avoid it happening in the future or is 'sealing' the bottom half of the basement just sending the water elsewhere into more problematic places?
1 Attachment