On Dec 12, 7:57�pm, "Bob F" wrote:
"grodenhiATgmailDOTcom" wrote in message

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I have a weird question.... �We have a brick dual ceramic flue chimney
(maybe 1 ft x 3 ft) running up the side of our house. �In the basement
the footing for this chimney is less than two feet below ground (it
does NOT go to the basement floor). �The top has a cap. �The part that
is underground was brick, but two years ago I had a cement wall built
around this underground brick, maybe 2 or three inches think,
basically a foundation wall built around the underground portion of
the chimney. �I had this done because anytime we got a huge rainstorm
(3+ inches in a day), the underground portion of the chimney would
fill with water. �This worked for over two years and many big storms
until the storm we just got in New England. �We got about 5 inches of
rain in 24 hours. �The chimney stayed dry until we hit the 4 inch mark
in rain, then started to slowly fill with water. �I pulled about 10
gallons from it using a wet vac. �The outside is sloped away from the
chimney and there no standing water. �So my thoughts a

Water must be coming up from bottom. �My thought (and probably dead
wrong), was to buy floor leveler and pour in a new base ("floor")
inside the chimney cleanout maybe an inch or so thick? �There can't be
that much pressure pushing up as these cleanouts sit maybe 3-4 feet
above the basement floor and no water is coming in through basement
floor. �Below is very crude diagram.

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basement ceiling
� � � � � | � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � |
� � � � � | � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � |
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ground level
� � � � � | � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � |
� � � � � | � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � |
� � � � � | � � �xxxx � � � � � � �xxxx � � � � � | �---- this box
is the chimney (x's are the two cleanout doors)
� � � � � | � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � |
� � � � � ------------------------------------- �----- chimney
footing

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basement floor

I'm also going to price out having the entire undergorund portion of
chimnet filled in with cement and clean out doors moved outside.

Is there a chimney cap to keep the rain from pouring sown the chimney?- Hide quoted text -

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OP says theres is in openinmg post