Lowering Floors.. Dpc.

[dw3101]

Hi,

I'm going through with a new house purchase (bungalow) at the moment and looking doing a fair bit of work to it..

One thing I'm talking to my architect about at the moment is the possibility of lifting the eaves and the ridge height (yeah yeah I know got to get that past planning..)

One of the options I have is lowering the ground floor as it has a large void due to being on a slope.

Assuming I deal with the front and ensure ground level isnt bridging my 'artificiial - new dpc /floor height' - keep reading for understanding the quotes


So assuming I ensure that the ground isnt bridging the floor joist height as per above, what have people done regarding 'new' dpc's before - walls will be dot and dab plaster board, or could be studded over some sort of membrane..

Are chemically injected DPC's as crap as I suspect?

What options are out there?

Cheers

David

 

[bobasd]

without a section drawin of whats existin an whats proposed its tough to advise you.
you could be diggin yourself into a wet hole due to raised ground levels an the water table pressure on a slope/hillside?

 

[dw3101]

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• dw3101
• 26 Sep 2018

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• dw3101
• 26 Sep 2018

i wouldn't be digging.

 

[noseall]

I'll post some piccies of a job we did shortly, whereby the new extension was much lower (floor wise) than the existing.

 

[noseall]

What options are out there?

This worked.....

DPC1

• noseall
• 27 Sep 2018

 

[tomfe]