Flooded Cellars, Garages, light wells, bay’s can all cause damp and nasty smells in the property.ARD have a, range of different equipment to remove the flood water and dry it at a reasonable cost on an emergency basis, we can issue a detailed report of the cause of the problem and also follow the job through to the end. We can either repair it or diagnose the following steps you need to take to solve the problem.
Flood Problems Include:
- Burst Pipes
- Burst Sewer Pipes
- Burst Drain Pipes
- Water table rising
- Blocked Soak-a-ways backing up or not working properly
- Holding tanks / storage tanks
Shows excavation carried out with a banks man present to ensure health and safety is adhered to
Shows surrounding trees in the area that have penetrated the drain system over the years and engineers preparing pilot hole for loss adjuster and customers to see the conditions of the drain system
Shows existing main sewer that is running along all the gardens, it also show the existing saddle where builders have connected in to the main sewer that appeared to be a totally illegal connection (thus being entered at the side and not the top and was possibly leaking when installed)
Pictures show lots of roots surrounding the bank of the excavation and the depth due to ladders next to the engineer
Picture showing connection to existing main sewer, carried out on top of the pipe with the correct clay saddle allowing the foul waste to enter the drain at the correct gradient
Pictures of the excavation show that we have put in place a new inspection chamber, to allow the gradient from the house down to the sewer to have the correct fall. We also ascertained that the previous pipe work was far too steep and had caused the customers a lot of blockages in the past, due to the water running over the top of the waste and leaving a blockage behind
Engineer preparing to put last Milton ring cut down to size, and pour concrete behind shuttering to prevent manhole from leaking
After a small period of time the engineer informed our client that it must be a water table, due to the basement area continuously re-flooding, levels were dropping to the floor after being pumped out, then seeping back up again. At that point ARD rigged up a sump pump on a temporary basis to allow the client to pump the water as and when the water table would rise. This was connected to the nearest drain outlet. This was over the Christmas period after there had been lots of snow and rain.
ARD also put in a price to tank out the cellar and supply a full time pump to the floor level to remove the water at all times when the water table is high again.
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