Hello Nairalanders,

I really need your honest advice and opinion on the issue at hand.

I moved into a self contain apartment (ground floor) in Alagomeji, yaba early this year. I have been enjoying the place until late march when i noticed that water has been gathering in my room.

I contacted the owner of the house who then called a plumber to check it. The plumber was like the sink in the toilet was d problem. He fixed it but after some days the water started coming out again.

Another plumber was called, he said from what he can see he believes it is as a result of the swampy nature of the area( i stay close to Panti).

I really need suggestions and if possible solutions solve d issue.

The water is not much though but i dont want water in d room at all

Poor construction of course.
But how exactly is this water? Is it coming out from the underground? If yes then the building is constructed below the natural ground level solution to this: tile your apartment and tell the tiller to fill up the sand to be tiled upon by 100mm thickness.

Is the water coming out from your apartment walls? If yes then get a bricklayer to dig around the exterior wall then do some casting to serve as a protective enforcement against water hitting directly on your apartment walls.

Is the water coming from the apartment pipping? If yes then I guess you must have a conduit pipping in your apartment. Solution : the plumber should break through those walls so as to discover the faulty pipe then fix it.

phorget:
Poor construction of course.
But how exactly is this water? Is it coming out from the underground? If yes then the building is constructed below the natural ground level solution to this: tile your apartment and tell the tiller to fill up the sand to be tiled upon by 100mm thickness.

Is the water coming out from your apartment walls? If yes then get a bricklayer to dig around the exterior wall then do some casting to serve as a protective enforcement against water hitting directly on your apartment walls.

Is the water coming from the apartment pipping? If yes then I guess you must have a conduit pipping in your apartment. Solution : the plumber should break through those walls so as to discover the faulty pipe then fix it.

Thank you bro. It is coming out from under the ground and the ground is tilled.

that your area is a swampy area, what you are experiencing is as a result of poor foundation work, lack of Damp prove membrane and poor concrete slab.the best foundation in that axis is either raft or pile. you will be experiencing it during the rainy season when there will be inscreese in the level of underground water.

what is the solution?

there is no permanent solution for such you will continue to manage it by breaking up the tiles introduce a nylon layer, concrete with right mix and fix the tile back .