When I moved in, water was getting into the basement near the fireplace. I have a fireplace in the basement
I saw the gutter was broken at an inside corner and it was flowing down next to the chimney and puddling. I put up a tarp to catch it and divert it away from the chimney...no more water.
Fast forward and I hired a roofer to put up new gutters and fix the flashing around the chimney because the Amish didn't replace the flashing and it was rough looking. First big rain and I had water flowing out from between the firebrick and face brick in the basement. I had hooked up a downspout that wasn't when I moved in and it clogged really bad. I have downspouts that go underground and daylight...I don't know where.
I called the roofer back out and he said he couldn't see anything that would be causing that. We figured the downspouts underground were clogged.
I jetted out the downspouts to try to clear it. I have 6 downspouts that all drain into a 4" corrugated pipe. They arw all connected. I put 100' of that jet hos down and it never came out. I couls atill hear it in the tube. WTF...The woods are only 70' away!
So I eliminated that system and put 6' extension on the downspouts. It looks bad, but I won't get water...so I thought. I know i have some negative grading to the house. Its next on my list to fix.
Last night big rain...still water. This water is crystal clear which makes me think its not coming in contact with dirt. There is a valley on the roof that goes straight to the back of the chimney, piss poor design.
There is no standing or puddling water near the chimney outside. If it had anything to do with groundwater i would think it would be muddy. Unless the channel is so compact, it doesnt pick up dirt.
Any ideas? I mean it flows! It comes out of a hole betwèen the fire brick and face brick and looks like a garden hose is in there at a low level. This isn't saying seeping, this is saying that valley/flashing is wrong. No water before the roofer, water after the roofer. What could he have done up there?!

Fast forward and I hired a roofer to put up new gutters and fix the flashing around the chimney because the Amish didn't replace the flashing and it was rough looking. First big rain and I had water flowing out from between the firebrick and face brick in the basement. I had hooked up a downspout that wasn't when I moved in and it clogged really bad. I have downspouts that go underground and daylight...I don't know where.
I called the roofer back out and he said he couldn't see anything that would be causing that. We figured the downspouts underground were clogged.
I jetted out the downspouts to try to clear it. I have 6 downspouts that all drain into a 4" corrugated pipe. They arw all connected. I put 100' of that jet hos down and it never came out. I couls atill hear it in the tube. WTF...The woods are only 70' away!
So I eliminated that system and put 6' extension on the downspouts. It looks bad, but I won't get water...so I thought. I know i have some negative grading to the house. Its next on my list to fix.
Last night big rain...still water. This water is crystal clear which makes me think its not coming in contact with dirt. There is a valley on the roof that goes straight to the back of the chimney, piss poor design.
There is no standing or puddling water near the chimney outside. If it had anything to do with groundwater i would think it would be muddy. Unless the channel is so compact, it doesnt pick up dirt.
Any ideas? I mean it flows! It comes out of a hole betwèen the fire brick and face brick and looks like a garden hose is in there at a low level. This isn't saying seeping, this is saying that valley/flashing is wrong. No water before the roofer, water after the roofer. What could he have done up there?!