The Brew Cabin

Posted: **Wed May 06, 2015 11:40 am**

Hi There.
hopefully someone can help me.
I have a garden which is sunken and half of it is always in shade from garage, half of this is patio paving slabs.
Now having been here 5 years it has never flooded. (and last year we had rain that flooded our area massively but not our garden.)
though the last few month there is surface water sitting on the patio. and muddy on non patio bit.
A large tree recently died and has been cut down and I thought this could be the problem, but have been told no.
I've had the drains cleared and had die put through the system so if they were leaking it would show up in the surface water on patio. but no.
Ive tried brushing the water into the sun to dry off but the flooding come back even if no rain for weeks so feel it must be coming from the ground up!
All help greatly appreciated
Thanks

Posted: **Wed May 06, 2015 2:18 pm**

Trees do soak up a lot of water, once you chop it down the clay retains water and hard to soak away. It can take a few month's to as long as 8 years before it reaches it's capacity. But you confirmed it's not that. Maybe post photos' .

Posted: **Wed May 06, 2015 2:41 pm**

There are about 6 large conifers close by though that I would hope would be drinking it up (though really not been very rainy here)
I'll try and get some photos tonight
Thanks for reply

Posted: **Wed May 06, 2015 6:36 pm**

Is there any significant development going on in your street or neighbouring properties.

I have seen something as simple as an extension next door change the flow of ground water and give problems.

But any new houses or small developments can really impact it.

Posted: **Thu May 07, 2015 2:59 pm**

No, doesn't seem to be!
Any ideas whats the simplest / easiest/ cheapest way to get rid of the water?
Thanks

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