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DIYable to plasterboard porch?

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  • FreeBear
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    stuart45 said: Moisture can soak through the brickwork which is why vertical DPC's are put into the jambs in situations like this. 
    But the property wouldn't have had a porch door originally, so no vertical DPC. To retrofit one now would be time consuming and relatively expensive.

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    Not originally, but when the doors were fitted one may have been installed.
    If not, as you say it's a lot of work to do it, but if any damp does find it's way through in that area he will be aware of a possible cause. 
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