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Water in Ground
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Most of the houses on our road on one side of the road , have a problem with water in the earth in the back yard
No one knows where this water is coming from - some say it might be an underground spring or something .
Anyway , before it does damage to the house we were wondering if a solution would be to excavate across the property , and build a concrete wall from surface level all the way down to the clay level .
Then direct the water that would build up behind the wall , by laying one of those pipes ( the type with holes on one side ) in the earth , with a connection to the drain .
Do you think that would work , or if not what would you suggest to solve the problem ?
I would appreciate the opinions of any builders or anyone else
No one knows where this water is coming from - some say it might be an underground spring or something .
Anyway , before it does damage to the house we were wondering if a solution would be to excavate across the property , and build a concrete wall from surface level all the way down to the clay level .
Then direct the water that would build up behind the wall , by laying one of those pipes ( the type with holes on one side ) in the earth , with a connection to the drain .
Do you think that would work , or if not what would you suggest to solve the problem ?
I would appreciate the opinions of any builders or anyone else
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.There has been no construction - and i dont think it is a broken drain
Speaking to the neighbours - this problem has been there for a long ,long time .
In fact i remember , a few years after i bought the house ( i wasn't aware of the problem when i bought it ) - my next door neighbour was having an extension at the back of the house , and the builders had to have a pump to get rid of the water as they were excavating for the foundations .
Recently , another neighbour also had to have a pump , when he was extending at the back of his property
Speaking to the neighbours - this problem has been there for a long ,long time .
In fact i remember , a few years after i bought the house ( i wasn't aware of the problem when i bought it ) - my next door neighbour was having an extension at the back of the house , and the builders had to have a pump to get rid of the water as they were excavating for the foundations .
Recently , another neighbour also had to have a pump , when he was extending at the back of his property
houses in our neighbourhood also have water problems and we've just had drains laid in our lawn, just under the surface, to channel the water into a holding tank from where a pump will send it to the drain. We don't know if it will work yet but other people around have had the same thing done (by the same man) and they're happy with the results.
So that's similar to your solution but without the concrete wall. It might depend how deep the water is lying - in our case it seems not far below the surface; that's okay normally but when it rains it turns into a swamp, and that's what we're hoping to avoid.
So that's similar to your solution but without the concrete wall. It might depend how deep the water is lying - in our case it seems not far below the surface; that's okay normally but when it rains it turns into a swamp, and that's what we're hoping to avoid.
I'm not sure it's in the magazine; I've only used it online. But your library may have a subscription number you can use to sign up.
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http://local.which.co.uk/