Hi, I have a little problem with my cellar floor! I live in a mid terrace house built in 1913, stone outer wall red brick inner wall. There is a small cellar approximately one 6th of the floor plan which has a concrete floor and although I knew it to be mildly damp, as most of my tools have gone rusty, I went down this morning to discover half an inch of water covering the floor! I am assuming this is rising up through the concrete although I know that the area underneath my living room and kitchen have been filled almost full with rubble and that this rubble sits against 2 of the cellar walls so I suppose it could also be soaking up through that and then into the walls? There is also a white crystal like powder that has formed on parts of the walls which I assume is where the moisture has evaporated and left its salty goodness behind. I would ideally like to be able to use this space for storage and wondered if anybody could offer any suggestions for how I may deal with this problem.

Many thanks in advance, Paul.

fully pumped membrane waterproofing system would probably be the best bet if you intend to use it as habitable space...

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but if its just a storage area for tools, installing an automatic sump pump for times such as now would be a good idea, although finding out how the water came to be there in the first place would be a good start, it could be a high water table, broken pipes, drainage, airbricks to close to the ground...

theres various sites containing loads of info on basement waterproofing, its a big subject...

the peter cox site is pretty informative..

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