I've been fighting with a contractor that did the drain tiles in my basement citing a lifetime warranty. My water heater started leaking in by basement so I replaced it. A few feet away from the water heater, an area that looks "wet" for lack of a better term formed. There was a trail of water from the water heater to the stain (or almost to the stain). After replacing the water heater, I put a box fan to blow on the water and all of the water went away except for this area. A box fan blew on it for a month but the size of the spot never changed. The contractor stated that I need a dehumidifier to make the stain go away but I didn't want to spend money on that when every other stain has gone away on it's own in a short period of time by using a box fan. The contractor said that in his 20+ years of waterproofing basements he has never seen ground water push up from below and that it had to be a leak from above. He asked me to drill holes in the stain about 6 inches deep to see if I could see ground water coming up. I drilled 3 holes and have not seen ground water coming up. I don't trust the contractor and was wondering if this method is good enough to rule out ground water. I mean, wouldn't I have to drill holes for the entire area of the stain to be be sure? (Which is pretty much impossible). I have a water sensor installed in the basement that can detect moisture. It won't go off if the sensor is placed anywhere on the stain. I am not familiar with how water stains look, but to me this just doesn't look right. Below is a pic of the water "stain". Any thoughts? Thank you! [IMG]http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f120/jj200282/stain.jpg[/IMG]

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