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Remove concrete around the house
I need to re-lay some drains and re-route some water pipes so I need to dig up the concrete in my partner's back garden. I don't want to put concrete back when the work is done. However, I am a little worried about just removing the concrete close to the wall. The wall was re-rendered in the past after the concrete went down. So when I remove the concrete, the render "overhangs" the concrete and the soil is pushing up against the foundations. How do I solve this?
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Has the lead water pipe been replaced then?
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It will be (partly) and I am saving money by digging it up myself and laying new drain pipes whilst I am at it. Plumber will come once I have exposed the water pipes.
I am just not sure about the concrete edges that are in touch with the walls. I mean, I guess I could leave a small strip of concrete, like 20cm wide?
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I think you should update the other thread you have going on about lead pipe then so followers are kept up-to-date.
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I am just not sure about the concrete edges that are in touch with the walls. I mean, I guess I could leave a small strip of concrete, like 20cm wide?
Generally it is best not to take paving, like a concrete path/driveway, right up to the walls of buildings. It is often recommended to leave a strip filled with something porous like gravel for drainage (see 'French drain'), or alternatively if drainage isn't an issue to just have a narrower strip filled with compressible material to allow for expansion/movement of the concrete slab.
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I've left a gap 200mm wide between hard paving and the house walls. Then dug down a little and back filled the trench with a decorative gravel. This ensures that the ground level is below the DPC, and the gravel helps to reduce splash back when it rains. Fortunately, I'm on sand, so the ground is very free draining and I didn't need to install any land drainage pipes.
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There's a bit of info on them here. There's a new line of thought that a strip of turf against the wall prevents rain bounce as well as not forming a channel that holds water.
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Difficult to keep tidy though. Wouldn't be my choice.
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What will you be putting along the house in its place? Where is the DPC layer?
The pipe that goes through the wall in the first pic - where does that come through inside?
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