Date: 01/28/24
Suspected Area: Basement or crawl space
Suspected Area: Interior walls or ceiling
Comment: The property is on a hillside and the west side receives water flow. The house has big overhangs on the east and the west side, but no gutters, so when it rains additional water on the west side ( the uphill side that already is receiving extra water from the slope above and from the driveway which is draining towards the house. On the north and south sides of the house there are no overhangs and water has gone into window frames as it drains down the vertical siding into the tops of the windows. The house is about 1200 sf and has two apartments. The south side apartment is on slab. The north side apartment has a basement under about 30% and slab the other 70%. Water does come into the basement where it drains away in a floor drain. Water does not stand on the floor. The basement smells musty and we have to dehumidfy it in summer. With the new climate we are experiencing, we may have to do this in damp spells in the winter too. We are planning to add gutters, additional drainage, change the grading of the driveway and add flashing to the windows to protect to them. We need to locate the sources of the mold. There is a below grade greenhouse on the South side which has water overflow from the driveway and hill into the doorway when we have extreme rainfall events.
