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Hubby ripped up the carpet and we have found cracks all through the floor, with two leading under the walls that were added on top of the carpet when we created a fourth bedroom downstairs. It looks like we must rip up the carpet in this bedroom as we are worried that if the cracks head under...

Insurance assessor just called, took stacks of photos, looked at our pit behind the core filled wall, listened as we explained the extra drainage we have done. She gave no commitment except to send a builder around to take a look. She had said we could rip up the carpet, but we thought we...

Thanks for the replies. The drainage behind the lower floor is good, as hubby has worked on it for a long time. We only ever had water in once and that was after a massive amount of rain and it filled the drains and backed up behind the core filled wall, possibly seeping in where the besser...

Showed this question and post to hubby and he says his thought is that we may have to dig out the cracks and fill with some sort of waterproof filler. There are quite a number of cracks and the second photo showing the line that we believe follows the drainage pipe possibly runs through to the...

After the recent very prolonged rain, our downstairs carpet got very wet. We dried it using a couple of fans, and though it seemed dry, there was a musty, damp smell which wasn't getting any less obvious as the days continued. Concerned that the underlay and/or slab were still wet, I called our...