The situation is, as of late, there has been much more water in our basement than the usual amount. We've had heavy rain that was off and on and for two weeks or more had snow that was 12" deep that was frozen on the ground in our yard. It also rained on top of the snow, washing away or into the ground. Then what of the snow that was left, it melted and we had more rain Which made our basement even more disasterous.
We have no drainage around our house and the land slopes so that most of the water that is coming downward is trapped in a corner of a wall. Bushes line all the way down the wall of our house too.
Now where the water is coming in, it is in the corner of the basement where lots of the water is being trapped against the wall that connects to the house. Where the water is seeping in, it is the sector where there is literally dirt not concrete as the floor. But that's only the area that has the water and sewage pipes against the wall leading out of the house to the main water/sewage line were left concretless. You can even see the roots from our bushes which I guess grew underneath the wall of our house. Is that area suppose to be like that?
Anyway, we've checked the water meter numerously to see if the red triangle was spinning but it wasn't.
We were wondering if you can have a leakage from the outside from the water pipe that leads into your house and what are some of the signs in which you can detect that a exterior pipe thats in the ground is the cause?
Or is it that the ground is so saturated with water and were getting all our neighbors water in addition, to cause seeping from in the dirt. It's hard to tell, because the water pipe is right there but concealed underneath all the soil and because there are roots from the bush, were not sure if it's the pipe or not.
And if it is, is there an inexpensive way to fix the problem. Please help.
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What could be some other causes if not the pipe bursting or seeping in from the overfull ground?
We have no drainage around our house and the land slopes so that most of the water that is coming downward is trapped in a corner of a wall. Bushes line all the way down the wall of our house too.
Now where the water is coming in, it is in the corner of the basement where lots of the water is being trapped against the wall that connects to the house. Where the water is seeping in, it is the sector where there is literally dirt not concrete as the floor. But that's only the area that has the water and sewage pipes against the wall leading out of the house to the main water/sewage line were left concretless. You can even see the roots from our bushes which I guess grew underneath the wall of our house. Is that area suppose to be like that?
Anyway, we've checked the water meter numerously to see if the red triangle was spinning but it wasn't.
We were wondering if you can have a leakage from the outside from the water pipe that leads into your house and what are some of the signs in which you can detect that a exterior pipe thats in the ground is the cause?
Or is it that the ground is so saturated with water and were getting all our neighbors water in addition, to cause seeping from in the dirt. It's hard to tell, because the water pipe is right there but concealed underneath all the soil and because there are roots from the bush, were not sure if it's the pipe or not.
And if it is, is there an inexpensive way to fix the problem. Please help.
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What could be some other causes if not the pipe bursting or seeping in from the overfull ground?