Browse Forums General Discussion Re: Water pooling against house and pathway issues 7May 13, 2019 12:29 pm alexp79 It seems that the main reason why your path sinks is because of the water getting under your path because of the gaps (so clay swells first lifting the path and then dries out leaving space under the path), so, theoretically, if you close the gaps, the path should not be sinking any further. I see. When the path was laid it had been raining for a good week or so before so I guess following this logic is it possible that the clay was already swollen when the path was laid and then has dried out over summer causing the dip? I only ask because I have photos of when the concrete was first laid and there was definitely no gap at the time. alexp79 As for the decking, remove plank or couple of planks next to the house wall, securely attach/caulk a layer or two of deck wide poly film between your house footing all the way down to the silt pit, and run a water test to see/prove that no water/moisture gets to the footing and all the excess water floods into the pit. Will look into this, thanks. Would you consider it good enough to be a long term solution? Or am I still better off getting concrete down eventually? Also, if anyone has any thoughts on the potential water pooling in the first two pics I linked I would greatly appreciate that too! Re: Water pooling against house and pathway issues 8Jun 04, 2019 11:27 am I started this topic a few months ago about a section of the house where I was fairly certain water was pooling when it rained. Now that it's been raining a fair bit I have conclusive proof (see photos). It is only a small section. About 2 meters wide and the water is only 1-2cm deep and as you can see there is a small drain next to the HWS that it should be moving towards. Does anyone have any DIY tips for getting the water to move towards the drain that don't involve redoing the concrete? Best I can think of is some sort of bridge up against the brickwork that covers the whole section and moves the water towards the drain. Perhaps with polyfilm similar to what Alexp79 suggested for the other side of the house under the decking. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: Water pooling against house and pathway issues 9Jun 05, 2019 4:57 pm have you considered roofing over? Foremost Building Expert in Australia,assisting with building problems/disputes, building stage inspections,pre-contract review advice for peace of mind 200 blogs http://www.buildingexpert.net.au/blog Need more photos from around the house including your gutters. We have had 3 of the wettest years in a row for some time so that wouldn't be helping 3 6958 This certainly doesn't look good. I would be engaging with an independent inspector to have a look at this. As for the unscheduled site visits, most builders are quite… 1 28326 6 4360 |