It is a combination of surface water, and sewerage water erupting from a drain in the garden whenever the surrounding drains are backed up. The flood attacks the house from 3 angles. House insurance will be covering the cost so that is not an issue, I just want the most certain option to prevent it from happening again.
we are in an ongoing dispute with the local water company and local council who keep passing the blame from one to another, and neither are willing to do anything to fix the problem, Atleast not in the near future. A big part of the problem is an outdated water pump that Severn Trent still insist won’t be renewed until 2025, isn’t that great. So we are mainly just focused on preventing any further internal flooding, or at least attempt to, and in the mean time hope that the relevant organisations pull their fingers out.
filling the void seems to be our most certain option at the moment, and the insurance are willing to do this. This combined with flood doors would ‘hopefully’ prevent internal flooding? It has concerned us though that the House insurance have mentioned there may be some sort of declaration we have to sign to say that if we develop a damp problem following the void being filled then they are not liable. Making me think it’s almost inevitable that we’d see a damp problem following it?