Water under an old house after heavy rain
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Pier-and-beam crawlspaces collect what the grade sends them. Standing water under the floor is a structural and air-quality problem before it is a nuisance.
This is most common in homes built before about 1940. Pre-war construction — galvanized supply, cast iron drains, cloth-wrapped wiring, ungrounded circuits.
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- Cast iron drain leaking below the floor
- Original galvanised supply burst
- Plaster holding water without showing it
- Damage from a burst pipe in a freeze
- Wet insulation under the floor
- Historic staining nobody has explained
- No shutoff valves at individual fixtures
- Sewer backing up into the lowest fixture
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