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So i just want to ask, i have a couple of concerns so i feel the need to ask.
I have a bco inspection due, the lads who have done the brick work have got the structure up. Its all looking good but just a few things in the back of my mind.
At the outside dpc, the dpc strip has drifted slightly towards the cavity. I can see about 10mm of it sticking out inside, about 300mm along the wall. That means theres some mortar bridging the dpc.
They used dpc polythene 'skirts' / tails on the inside skin to tuck the floor membraine at a later date with the screed membraine, i know this is normal but it was layed directly on the brick below without a mortar bed. But they obviously put a mortar bed on top before laying a brick on top. There was no dpc strip like they used on the outside.
Is this anything to worry about. Id like to have seen it be a bed of mortar, dpc strip, polythene tails then a bed of mortar again but they said this is normal and done on new builds?
One last thing. The inner corner on one side the dpc polythene has ripped. Again got the 'its fine' but is it? Can it be fixed?
I have a bco inspection due, the lads who have done the brick work have got the structure up. Its all looking good but just a few things in the back of my mind.
At the outside dpc, the dpc strip has drifted slightly towards the cavity. I can see about 10mm of it sticking out inside, about 300mm along the wall. That means theres some mortar bridging the dpc.
They used dpc polythene 'skirts' / tails on the inside skin to tuck the floor membraine at a later date with the screed membraine, i know this is normal but it was layed directly on the brick below without a mortar bed. But they obviously put a mortar bed on top before laying a brick on top. There was no dpc strip like they used on the outside.
Is this anything to worry about. Id like to have seen it be a bed of mortar, dpc strip, polythene tails then a bed of mortar again but they said this is normal and done on new builds?
One last thing. The inner corner on one side the dpc polythene has ripped. Again got the 'its fine' but is it? Can it be fixed?