Damp in garage - Locating source of water

lindag · Post: # 69787Post **lindag** Fri Oct 28, 2011 6:08 pm

Hi - I have a problem with damp in my below ground and below the dpc garage walls despite the fact that they have been tanked. I have found a leak in a drain which is at the corner of the house directly above the top right of the garage. This has been repaired and tested. However, in very bad rainfall water still pours out of a step which is next to this drain and flows into the soil down beside the garage wall and creates a puddle. I am assuming this is ingressing into the garage. The house is on a hill and the garden is sloping towards the patio and house and I am wondering if this is sub soil water which is finding its lowest point. Can anyone advise me please on how to locate the source of this water without digging up the whole patio. If I knew where it was coming from I could then channel it away from the garage wall.

local patios and driveway · Fri Oct 28, 2011 9:35 pm

Lindag, its hard to visualise, can you post some pictures? If not feel free to email them to me if need be

lindag · Post: # 69821Post **lindag** Sat Oct 29, 2011 4:01 pm

Sorry, being new to this site and not computer literate, I can't understand how to get a picture to you, nor can I find your e-mail.

local patios and driveway · Sun Oct 30, 2011 5:52 am

Send your pictures to willisweston@hotmail.com i will post them up for you

local patios and driveway · Sun Oct 30, 2011 8:38 pm

https://skydrive.live.com/?cid=af....F%21176

lindag · Post: # 69868Post **lindag** Sun Oct 30, 2011 10:38 pm

Thanks for posting pictures - does it make the situation any clearer? Do you know how I may trace the source of the water?

Sun Oct 30, 2011 11:17 pm

I dont have a windows live ID and wont be getting one
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