Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2005 9:58 pm
Although our house is Victorian the bathroom was fitted much later possibly 1950's. The cellar has had a damp patch along the outside
wall since before we moved in 20+ years ago, it always seemed to get worse in winter so we accepted it as just damp.
It started to get worse this year so I removed the wet plaster from the cellar wall and left the wall to dry out- I then noticed water was flowing through the stonework in the same area as the outside soil pipe. But the next day it was dry again.
To cut a long story short it only happens when the bath is used,not the shower which is over the bath or the hand basin or toilet yet all are connected to the same soil pipe WHY?(tried 2 buckets of water into the toilet did not do it but 2 buckets into the bath does). And the water appears almost immediately-well,by the time I get from the bathroom to cellar so does the water.
wall since before we moved in 20+ years ago, it always seemed to get worse in winter so we accepted it as just damp.
It started to get worse this year so I removed the wet plaster from the cellar wall and left the wall to dry out- I then noticed water was flowing through the stonework in the same area as the outside soil pipe. But the next day it was dry again.
To cut a long story short it only happens when the bath is used,not the shower which is over the bath or the hand basin or toilet yet all are connected to the same soil pipe WHY?(tried 2 buckets of water into the toilet did not do it but 2 buckets into the bath does). And the water appears almost immediately-well,by the time I get from the bathroom to cellar so does the water.