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Former Cowgirl
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Username: Formercowgirl
Post Number: 189
Registered: 3-2006
| | Posted on Monday, September 4, 2006 - 9:55 am: | 
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We discovered a puddle of water in the middle of our basement yesterday and cannot find a traceable source (wall, hole in floor, leak in pipe, laundry or boiler leak). Is it possible that ground water can come through the floor and create a puddle? My SO thinks that ground water could not seep up enough to cause a puddle that big (about 2 feet in diameter), but I'm not convinced. We've had a lot of rain and our property slopes so that the water go down into our back yard. We've already had two companies come out and look at water issues in the basement and have determined that we have no serious water leakage problem into the basement. But what about this puddle? |
george H
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Username: Georgieboy
Post Number: 325
Registered: 8-2005
| | Posted on Monday, September 4, 2006 - 11:10 am: |
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Sure its possible.With the amt. of rain we had the water table was probably higher than usual,and water can seep through concrete. A good way to determine if you have water under your floor is to duct tape down a 2'sq.of plastic,wait a few days and then see if you have condensation on the underside of the plastic.If so,than the culprit is more than likely seepage.By the way,you can tape down multiple pcs.in different areas of the basement. |
SOSully
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Username: Sullymw
Post Number: 1339
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 5, 2006 - 9:53 pm: |
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If it's in the lowest part of the basement then it could be from humidity. We used to get mystery puddles until we got a dehumidifier, then never again. Once I saw the multiple gallons of water pulled from the air each day by the dehumidifier I realized that the puddles were from the humid air hitting the cool basement floor. |
Pdg
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Username: Pdg
Post Number: 1262
Registered: 5-2004
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 5, 2006 - 10:07 pm: |
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We were away all last week and when we got home the dehumidifier was full and the rug on the laundry room floor was very damp. Two very large dehumidified buckets later the rug is again dry and the entire basement feels so much better!
(I really have to hang the dehumidifier on the wall to drain directly into the utiltiy sink one of these days...) |
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