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Patio/Foundation Flooding Causing Water in House
Posted on 1/2/17 at 8:16 pm
Posted on 1/2/17 at 8:16 pm
My backyard slopes very slightly towards the back of my house so that rainwater flows under the patio and sits after a very heavy rain then slowly drains around the house to the street.
I just stepped into my master bathroom (backs up to the patio) and found standing water from the back wall into the house several feet. This water presumably came up through the slab.
I know I need to do something but I'm not sure what or who to contact. Do I go through a landscape company or others? Not sure if I need to regrade the backyard or just install a few french drains.
Side note: The previous (original) owners previously had an inground pool and filled it in and the slope likely has to do with this earthwork. We just found the walkway around the pool about 1.5' below the current ground surface when digging a hole the other week.
Any help or experience with a similar situation is greatly appreciated!
I just stepped into my master bathroom (backs up to the patio) and found standing water from the back wall into the house several feet. This water presumably came up through the slab.
I know I need to do something but I'm not sure what or who to contact. Do I go through a landscape company or others? Not sure if I need to regrade the backyard or just install a few french drains.
Side note: The previous (original) owners previously had an inground pool and filled it in and the slope likely has to do with this earthwork. We just found the walkway around the pool about 1.5' below the current ground surface when digging a hole the other week.
Any help or experience with a similar situation is greatly appreciated!
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Posted on 1/2/17 at 8:19 pm to Freebird11
So you have standing water in the yard or in the master bedroom?
Posted on 1/2/17 at 8:24 pm to wickowick
Only master bath. Yard slopes towards house then levels off at paved patio off the back of the house. So after a hard rain, the patio/rear wall of the house will collect standing water and slowly drain around the house.
This is only a problem on one side of the house because the opposite side is the driveway and the sloped grade just sends it down the driveway to the street.
This is only a problem on one side of the house because the opposite side is the driveway and the sloped grade just sends it down the driveway to the street.
Posted on 1/2/17 at 8:35 pm to Freebird11
A grading contractor can get you going.
Posted on 1/2/17 at 9:37 pm to Freebird11
Insurance
Re grade that back yard but runoff can be an issue to your neighbors and add French drain
Re grade that back yard but runoff can be an issue to your neighbors and add French drain
Posted on 1/2/17 at 9:46 pm to Freebird11
We added a French drain. I'm not sure anything can stop water from getting in with the rains we had the past year
Posted on 1/2/17 at 9:46 pm to Cracker
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Insurance
Will not cover this. Anytime water touches the ground and enters the home at ground level it is not covered under a homeowner's policy. It would not be covered under flood either unless he loss meets the NFIP definition of a flood, which is possible but unlikely.
Posted on 1/3/17 at 9:51 am to Freebird11
Call a good tractor guy. Now is good time to do it,then sod in spring..
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