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TELLIT01 said:Cheslea2010 said:Floor boards never go back down right in my experience. We had a victorian property with similar damp issues. Ended up cutting a 4 inch wide trench around the entire outside perimeter of the house. Solved all our downstairs damp issues.
Our next door neighbour did the same thing because block paving had been laid, higher than the old drive and bridged the DPC. Creating that gap sorted all their damp problems.0 -
Do you know where the DPC is in relation to the height of the air brick - Ideally, the DPC needs to be 150mm above any hard paving (concrete, tarmac, etc). Cutting away the paving and leaving a 150-200mm wide trench can pay dividends if the paving is too high. It limits rain splashing up off the hard surface and soaking the base of the wall.
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FreeBear said:Do you know where the DPC is in relation to the height of the air brick - Ideally, the DPC needs to be 150mm above any hard paving (concrete, tarmac, etc). Cutting away the paving and leaving a 150-200mm wide trench can pay dividends if the paving is too high. It limits rain splashing up off the hard surface and soaking the base of the wall.0
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FreeBear said:Do you know where the DPC is in relation to the height of the air brick - Ideally, the DPC needs to be 150mm above any hard paving (concrete, tarmac, etc). Cutting away the paving and leaving a 150-200mm wide trench can pay dividends if the paving is too high. It limits rain splashing up off the hard surface and soaking the base of the wall.0
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Sekekama said:FreeBear said:Do you know where the DPC is in relation to the height of the air brick - Ideally, the DPC needs to be 150mm above any hard paving (concrete, tarmac, etc). Cutting away the paving and leaving a 150-200mm wide trench can pay dividends if the paving is too high. It limits rain splashing up off the hard surface and soaking the base of the wall.0
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Sekekama said
What would you do?
I'd get a quote from a builder to replace the entire timber floor with a concrete slab on a DPM on Lightweight Expanded Clay Aggregate insulated filling base.I am the Cat who walks alone0 -
Eldi_Dos said:Sekekama said:FreeBear said:Do you know where the DPC is in relation to the height of the air brick - Ideally, the DPC needs to be 150mm above any hard paving (concrete, tarmac, etc). Cutting away the paving and leaving a 150-200mm wide trench can pay dividends if the paving is too high. It limits rain splashing up off the hard surface and soaking the base of the wall.0
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Sekekama said:Eldi_Dos said:Sekekama said:FreeBear said:Do you know where the DPC is in relation to the height of the air brick - Ideally, the DPC needs to be 150mm above any hard paving (concrete, tarmac, etc). Cutting away the paving and leaving a 150-200mm wide trench can pay dividends if the paving is too high. It limits rain splashing up off the hard surface and soaking the base of the wall.0
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Sekekama said:FreeBear said:Do you know where the DPC is in relation to the height of the air brick - Ideally, the DPC needs to be 150mm above any hard paving (concrete, tarmac, etc). Cutting away the paving and leaving a 150-200mm wide trench can pay dividends if the paving is too high. It limits rain splashing up off the hard surface and soaking the base of the wall.If the DPC is below the level of the air brick, then you have a serious problem - The concrete will be bridging the DPC and rain water will soak the base of the wall leading to penetrating damp internally. Just because it has been like this for 25+ years, it doesn't mean that damage is not being done in areas that you can not see.Her courage will change the world.
Treasure the moments that you have. Savour them for as long as you can for they will never come back again.0 -
Sekekama said:Sekekama said:Eldi_Dos said:Sekekama said:FreeBear said:Do you know where the DPC is in relation to the height of the air brick - Ideally, the DPC needs to be 150mm above any hard paving (concrete, tarmac, etc). Cutting away the paving and leaving a 150-200mm wide trench can pay dividends if the paving is too high. It limits rain splashing up off the hard surface and soaking the base of the wall.1
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