Damp Basement: recognize cause and remedy

Damp walls and a musty smell: wet and damp in the basement are a big problem in many places. It is not always immediately clear where the moisture comes at all. Before one can not but know you can not solve the problem. These are the six most common causes of wet basements.

Offers in the basements of many homes is a picture of misery: Penetrating moisture makes a lot of basements as storage space for household items of value or as a storage room for food is completely unusable.

Moisture from the outside

When moisture from the outside, it is more expensive

Penetrates the moisture from the outside into the basement is often a more serious underlying problem. If, for example layers of water in the area of the basement collects, it can - in different permeable layers of soil - are the so-called trough effect. The water collects in such a "tub" and pushes from below or from the side in the basement.

In case of missing or overburdened drainage or high groundwater levels water can also have the shafts of light penetrate the basement windows. This can for instance be the case if the slope of land or seepage collects the drains can not cope with particularly intense rainfall. Experts from TÜV Süd recommend waiting drains every ten years by a specialist and rinse to leave, so they make permanent their services optimally.