Water seeping

[Basecoat]

Hi All

Water approximately 20-25 litres every 24 hours from one corner used seep through into foudations. With foundation concrete in last monday now 2-3 litres every 24 hours seeps through. Clay has dried rock solid but this water from water table won't stop. Any ideas. Thanks in advance.

 

[Static]

Burst water main?

What dewatering are you doing?

Ah yes your little raft extension.. ok where to the current rainwater pipes lead to? if you have a soakaway within about 5m of the extension it may be causing the problems.

 

[Basecoat]

Burst water main?

What dewatering are you doing?

Ah yes your little raft extension.. ok where to the current rainwater pipes lead to? if you have a soakaway within about 5m of the extension it may be causing the problems.

Hi "static"

Yeah up my little raft extension.

Its a big problem for the street. I had waterboard out three years ago. They tested water and came back with results as not mains water but ground water. Apparently there is a water table at back and appears to be a big one. Any one digs into ground more than a meter in the street water seeps through.

I dug foundations 1 meter deep. So far I had concrete poured into trench 600 wide and 300 deep. The flow has slowed down quite a lot but hasn't stopped. Make foundation height to 1meter with foundation blocks. Ordered materials yesterday.

Current rainwater pipes go from side of home to drains in front. As far as I am aware there isn't a soakaway but I am not sure.

Can you clarify what do you mean by dewatering. I patiently await your reply.

 

[Static]

Dewatering means temporarily pushing the water away from areas you dont want. Pumping is one way, digging a deeper hole a couple of metres away so water fills it up etc etc.

 

[Basecoat]

Dewatering means temporarily pushing the water away from areas you dont want. Pumping is one way, digging a deeper hole a couple of metres away so water fills it up etc etc.

Hi "static"

Thank you. I had had enough of bucketing water out of trenches. I went out and bought a pump. What a pump did it shift water. Half hour to rig it up and 20 minutes to pump 25-30 gallons of water out.

Clay tough as it is but it doesn't let water soakaway awful to work with when wet. I have had many a hard days digging it.