Comments on: 180mm of Rain in 24-Hours = Rain Under the House http://www.renovateaustralia.com/2008/01/04/180mm-of-rain-in-24-hours-rain-under-the-house/ A home improvement blog about renovating our Queenslander house in Townsville, Australia Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:30:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Bill Hutchison http://www.renovateaustralia.com/2008/01/04/180mm-of-rain-in-24-hours-rain-under-the-house/comment-page-1/#comment-73380 Bill Hutchison Sun, 01 Jan 2012 05:19:21 +0000 http://www.renovateaustralia.com/2008/01/04/180mm-of-rain-in-24-hours-rain-under-the-house/#comment-73380 Hi Jenny, Given the chance to do it again I would not do it again. Too many variables and if any one of them goes wrong it opens up the possibility of leaks. If you are insistent on doing it though then I probably would recommend pulling up the timber decking before putting the villa-board and the other waterproofing layers down. If you can, keep the level of the deck below the level of your interior floor. I had to build thresholds on our two French doors because the interior floor was below the level of the veranda floor. This stopped the water from coming in the house a few times when the wind was driving the rain against the house. Make sure that your deck is angled away from the house. This will help the water to run off away from the house, instead of pooling on the deck or against the house like you can see in the above photo. I can't find any photos on my site but after this leak we installed tile up the wall about 10 cm since the actual wall was starting to suck up the water and then contribute the the leeks under the house. You will want to consider that as well. We didn't get a warranty unfortunately on the waterproofing done on the deck. Hopefully that helps you with your plans. Hi Jenny,

Given the chance to do it again I would not do it again. Too many variables and if any one of them goes wrong it opens up the possibility of leaks.

If you are insistent on doing it though then I probably would recommend pulling up the timber decking before putting the villa-board and the other waterproofing layers down. If you can, keep the level of the deck below the level of your interior floor. I had to build thresholds on our two French doors because the interior floor was below the level of the veranda floor. This stopped the water from coming in the house a few times when the wind was driving the rain against the house.

Make sure that your deck is angled away from the house. This will help the water to run off away from the house, instead of pooling on the deck or against the house like you can see in the above photo.

I can’t find any photos on my site but after this leak we installed tile up the wall about 10 cm since the actual wall was starting to suck up the water and then contribute the the leeks under the house. You will want to consider that as well.

We didn’t get a warranty unfortunately on the waterproofing done on the deck.

Hopefully that helps you with your plans.

]]> By: Jenny http://www.renovateaustralia.com/2008/01/04/180mm-of-rain-in-24-hours-rain-under-the-house/comment-page-1/#comment-73367 Jenny Fri, 30 Dec 2011 21:59:19 +0000 http://www.renovateaustralia.com/2008/01/04/180mm-of-rain-in-24-hours-rain-under-the-house/#comment-73367 Hi Bill, We're considering doing a similar job on our upstairs varanda and putting an internal room underneath. At the moment its a timber deck with a tiled patio underneath. Would you recommend (in retrospect) pulling up the timber decking boards, tapering the joists on a positive angle and then laying the many waterproofing layers and tiles directly on top of the joists? Or would you now not recommend building under a veranda at all? Did your builder provide a warranty on their waterproofing? Hi Bill,
We’re considering doing a similar job on our upstairs varanda and putting an internal room underneath. At the moment its a timber deck with a tiled patio underneath.

Would you recommend (in retrospect) pulling up the timber decking boards, tapering the joists on a positive angle and then laying the many waterproofing layers and tiles directly on top of the joists?
Or would you now not recommend building under a veranda at all?
Did your builder provide a warranty on their waterproofing?

]]> By: Bill Hutchison http://www.renovateaustralia.com/2008/01/04/180mm-of-rain-in-24-hours-rain-under-the-house/comment-page-1/#comment-52463 Bill Hutchison Thu, 30 Dec 2010 09:03:48 +0000 http://www.renovateaustralia.com/2008/01/04/180mm-of-rain-in-24-hours-rain-under-the-house/#comment-52463 Elissa, we were lucky that our ceiling in the lower level wasn't installed yet. We were able to install a drain in the lowest part of the floor of the front veranda and run the drain down-slope and out of the side of the veranda. We also installed tiles a short way up (about 10 cm) the wall to prevent the water from touching the old timber. This seemed to completely stop the water from leaking down the wall of the front veranda and into the lower level of the house. For us this wasn't a DIY fix, but it worked... Elissa, we were lucky that our ceiling in the lower level wasn’t installed yet. We were able to install a drain in the lowest part of the floor of the front veranda and run the drain down-slope and out of the side of the veranda.

We also installed tiles a short way up (about 10 cm) the wall to prevent the water from touching the old timber. This seemed to completely stop the water from leaking down the wall of the front veranda and into the lower level of the house.

For us this wasn’t a DIY fix, but it worked…

]]> By: elissa http://www.renovateaustralia.com/2008/01/04/180mm-of-rain-in-24-hours-rain-under-the-house/comment-page-1/#comment-52040 elissa Mon, 20 Dec 2010 04:47:34 +0000 http://www.renovateaustralia.com/2008/01/04/180mm-of-rain-in-24-hours-rain-under-the-house/#comment-52040 Hi Bill... just saw this today, wonder if you could email me direct? we have almost exactly the same problem execpt that our veranda is the roof of our bottom story... we even had the same tiles but we had to rip them up cos our kid kept slipping on puddles and falling on his head... looking to DIY fix so if you have any tips would be very keen to hear from you Hi Bill… just saw this today, wonder if you could email me direct? we have almost exactly the same problem execpt that our veranda is the roof of our bottom story… we even had the same tiles but we had to rip them up cos our kid kept slipping on puddles and falling on his head…
looking to DIY fix so if you have any tips would be very keen to hear from you

]]> By: Angie http://www.renovateaustralia.com/2008/01/04/180mm-of-rain-in-24-hours-rain-under-the-house/comment-page-1/#comment-10441 Angie Fri, 18 Jan 2008 03:39:05 +0000 http://www.renovateaustralia.com/2008/01/04/180mm-of-rain-in-24-hours-rain-under-the-house/#comment-10441 I saw the QLD floods on the news recently. Hopefully the leaking and things haven't gotten too bad... I saw the QLD floods on the news recently. Hopefully the leaking and things haven’t gotten too bad…

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