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We bought the house in 2014. The pool/spa and deck were built in the early 2000s.
We've been dealing with an extremely frustrating problem. Water/moisture is getting under the floors of the house in the rooms adjacent to the deck. Our wood floors in these areas have moisture damage. We've replaced the damaged areas twice and now we will tear out the floors and put in tile.
But onto resolving the source of the moisture...
There are 5 drains throughout the deck which are all functioning.
However, from the right side (left in picture) to the middle of the house, the concrete is poured at a level that is at the top of the foundation. I believe this is allowing any water that misses the drains to seep into the brick and weep holes. The deck then slopes to the left the house (right in picture) and towards the front of the garage. I guess the idea was to get water to flow towards the driveway.
We installed new 6" roof gutters which help quite a bit but it has not resolved the problem.
I can think of three ways to fix this:
1. Tear out 10" of deck along the back of house and put in gravel (no drain).
2. Tear out 10" of deck along the back of the house and put in a channel drain.
3. Tear out a larger portion of the deck (see drawing #2) and put in grass.
#1 would be the least expensive but would it even work? Would #2 hold in a heavy storm or hurricane? #3 seems like a surefire solution but I'm having a hard time figuring out how to make it look good.
Any thoughts, suggestion, or ideas will be appreciated. Thank you.
We bought the house in 2014. The pool/spa and deck were built in the early 2000s.
We've been dealing with an extremely frustrating problem. Water/moisture is getting under the floors of the house in the rooms adjacent to the deck. Our wood floors in these areas have moisture damage. We've replaced the damaged areas twice and now we will tear out the floors and put in tile.
But onto resolving the source of the moisture...
There are 5 drains throughout the deck which are all functioning.
However, from the right side (left in picture) to the middle of the house, the concrete is poured at a level that is at the top of the foundation. I believe this is allowing any water that misses the drains to seep into the brick and weep holes. The deck then slopes to the left the house (right in picture) and towards the front of the garage. I guess the idea was to get water to flow towards the driveway.
We installed new 6" roof gutters which help quite a bit but it has not resolved the problem.
I can think of three ways to fix this:
1. Tear out 10" of deck along the back of house and put in gravel (no drain).
2. Tear out 10" of deck along the back of the house and put in a channel drain.
3. Tear out a larger portion of the deck (see drawing #2) and put in grass.
#1 would be the least expensive but would it even work? Would #2 hold in a heavy storm or hurricane? #3 seems like a surefire solution but I'm having a hard time figuring out how to make it look good.
Any thoughts, suggestion, or ideas will be appreciated. Thank you.