Hi there I've got a damp solid brick gable end, unfortunately next door's land is about 150mm higher than my timber floor level. Here's a crude cross section pic:
And in here's a photo of next doors path (my house on the right), not sure if you can see but it's pretty mossy & damp looking. Shortly after moving in I did cut back the render on my house which was bridging the chemical DPC but as suspected it didn't really make any difference as the land is still higher than my internal floor.
Now although I'm on quite good terms with the next door, I'm obviously VERY limited to what I can do to remedy the situation.
The only thing I've thought of so far is to ask if I can cut 4 or 5 inches of path away from my wall them dig down as much as I can with a pick or something (should be fun ) & then just run a DPM along my wall in the trench before refilling & re-concreting & possibly put in a small slope from my wall.
Or do the same thing but go to the trouble of sticking a land drain in the bottom of the trench & refill with gravel etc???
Dealing with damp not really my thing so any pointers would be most appreciated!
Cheers.
And in here's a photo of next doors path (my house on the right), not sure if you can see but it's pretty mossy & damp looking. Shortly after moving in I did cut back the render on my house which was bridging the chemical DPC but as suspected it didn't really make any difference as the land is still higher than my internal floor.
Now although I'm on quite good terms with the next door, I'm obviously VERY limited to what I can do to remedy the situation.
The only thing I've thought of so far is to ask if I can cut 4 or 5 inches of path away from my wall them dig down as much as I can with a pick or something (should be fun ) & then just run a DPM along my wall in the trench before refilling & re-concreting & possibly put in a small slope from my wall.
Or do the same thing but go to the trouble of sticking a land drain in the bottom of the trench & refill with gravel etc???
Dealing with damp not really my thing so any pointers would be most appreciated!
Cheers.