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by stickybubble
Sat Sep 18, 2010 5:32 pm
Forum: Groundwork and Foundations Forum
Topic: builder lined my french drain completely with concrete!
Replies: 4
Views: 6098

I don't think you have any option but to play the waiting game and see what happens. I decided that too, and took the bull by the horns and spoke to the builder at length. Part of the problem was that until I took the panelling off the inside wall at the w/end the amount of water coming up wasn't a...
by stickybubble
Wed Sep 15, 2010 5:34 am
Forum: Groundwork and Foundations Forum
Topic: builder lined my french drain completely with concrete!
Replies: 4
Views: 6098

builder lined my french drain completely with concrete!

I'm really worried about this and need some feedback and advice. I have a very old stone house that is at risk of (brief) flooding and suffered badly from damp when I moved in. Water also came up through the floor when the water table was very high. My former partner said the walls needed to breathe...
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