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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.
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It was my bike cave, no signs of issues or rust, just the odd fluffy furry mould on saddle/bar tape close to walls. Kept toilet paper and cardboard boxes in there with no problem either. I don’t have anywhere else to put my bikes!
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Stealth edits! Insurance company sent a drains/gutter guy and all ours are ok. Neighbor came round to have a look as he has worse problems in the past. He recons it’s the same in lots of the local houses, ground water getting in. He dug his out, put in a false floor and a sump pump. But he also studied loads of old maps etc and recons his is wore because of old underground stream/watercourse.
Ours is def not at that stage… yet
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?