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Water leak or underground spring

  • 05-08-2007 10:22am
    #1
    iwb
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,398 ✭✭✭


    My Dad in law has a swamp in the back garden. It has gotten progressively worse over the past few years but he can remember that years ago it wasn't wet at all. The house is about 35 years old and he's had it from new.
    He has had a plumber around who did a lot of digging. He guesses it is an underground spring but can't be totally sure. Boiler is in the garage at the back and he seems to have discounted it as the source of the problem but thinks the 'spring' is under the garage, a concrete structure.
    The council have been around a few weeks back and left some gadgets on the taps for a day or two to confirm it is a leak (as they were convinced it was) but haven't been heard from since they took the test gear away.
    Insurance say they need a geological report before they will agree to any more work being done but he can't seem to get anyone to do the survey. They are all too busy. If it is under the garage, it will probably have to be knocked to get at the problem.
    Anyone got any good advice or suggestions?


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  • #2
    10-10-20
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,073 ✭✭✭10-10-20


    OK, I understand that he may not have a single point of exit, but can you not do a flouride test on the water? Seems to be tonnes of the stuff being added to residential water supplies, so shouldn't it show up?


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