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[wellinghall]

Saturday's, er, "incident" meant that we had water bubbling up from the ground against the wall of our house for 29 hours or so. Do I need to worry* that it might have damaged the bricks / mortar / anything else?

*Okay, this is me we're talking about; I'm going to worry anyway. Maybe the question should be, how much do I need to worry?

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[bunn.livejournal.com]

I'm fairly sure that houses are supposed to be waterproof. British houses particularly so.

I grew up in a house with a stream that ran down the back of the kitchen and underneath it. The kitchen was not what you'd call fabulously well built, and it was a bit chilly in the winter. It's still standing though.

You could bounce up and down on one spot on the kitchen floor and feel the floor give under the concrete!

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

Thanks, bunn. I have never (knowingly!) lived anywhere with a stream underneath, but I do remember a commercial dairy with an open stream running through it. The past is like another country; they do health and safety differently there.