Hello everyone,
I wanted to ask for your opinions and experiences regarding natural cellars / earth cellars.
Due to an inheritance, a house in the family is currently empty. Here are some basic details:
Year of construction around 1900
1 and 1/2 floors
No external insulation
No roof insulation
Natural / earth cellar with a submersible pump
Clay-straw insulation between ground floor and upper floor
Single-glazed wooden frame windows
Now to my question: In this mentioned cellar, there is a heating system installed on a concrete floor, which has not been in use for several years. About 40 square meters of the cellar has a natural floor, meaning a hole was dug in the middle of the room and a submersible pump was installed there.
The cellar is always damp, and the "patio slabs" lying on the clay/sand floor are always wet.
The cellar ceiling is simply insulated with very old insulation material, and the load-bearing beams of the ground floor are visible.
Are you familiar with this issue or do you have any experience or advice? Is it possible to renovate the house like this, meaning a new roof (the roof frame is very deteriorated), a new bathroom with completely new piping, and so on?
I will upload a few photos.
I am very grateful for any advice.
Regards,
Daniel
I wanted to ask for your opinions and experiences regarding natural cellars / earth cellars.
Due to an inheritance, a house in the family is currently empty. Here are some basic details:
Year of construction around 1900
1 and 1/2 floors
No external insulation
No roof insulation
Natural / earth cellar with a submersible pump
Clay-straw insulation between ground floor and upper floor
Single-glazed wooden frame windows
Now to my question: In this mentioned cellar, there is a heating system installed on a concrete floor, which has not been in use for several years. About 40 square meters of the cellar has a natural floor, meaning a hole was dug in the middle of the room and a submersible pump was installed there.
The cellar is always damp, and the "patio slabs" lying on the clay/sand floor are always wet.
The cellar ceiling is simply insulated with very old insulation material, and the load-bearing beams of the ground floor are visible.
Are you familiar with this issue or do you have any experience or advice? Is it possible to renovate the house like this, meaning a new roof (the roof frame is very deteriorated), a new bathroom with completely new piping, and so on?
I will upload a few photos.
I am very grateful for any advice.
Regards,
Daniel
Danatos schrieb:
Yes, the wastewater pipes are made of cast iron Wastewater pipes made of cast iron are not the original piping. In the past, stoneware wastewater pipes were installed.
Some can be cleaned, others can be repaired with a liner.
You should have the drinking water supply line inspected.