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Hello all. Was hoping to get some expert advice over a slightly confusing issue.
I'm going to be building a kitchen extension and gym, the kitchen extension will be 5 meters long by 4 meters wide. The gym will be 3 meters wide by 5 meters long.
My question is to do with the plastic DPC strip or membrane that's placed on the wall about 150mm up, running along the full length, with bricks and mortar placed directly on top of this. This to me seems to create a barrier between the bricks below and above the membrane, which means there could be a possibility the wall could "slide" as its not directly mortared to the bricks below.
My neighbour recently had his extension built and this is the method they used and I can't understand how that's the safest means to build a wall.
Now my gym will have two 8x3 inch wooden beams running along the top of the wall to support 2 large punchbags. These will be used regularly, so I'm concerned the vibrations on the walls from the punchbag use could potentially cause sliding or movement of the walls if they are not directly mortared (ie. If there's a plastic Dpc at a low level.of the wall)
Could engineering bricks be used instead of the DPC strip and if so would this provide the same level of protection against rising damp?
I'm going to be building a kitchen extension and gym, the kitchen extension will be 5 meters long by 4 meters wide. The gym will be 3 meters wide by 5 meters long.
My question is to do with the plastic DPC strip or membrane that's placed on the wall about 150mm up, running along the full length, with bricks and mortar placed directly on top of this. This to me seems to create a barrier between the bricks below and above the membrane, which means there could be a possibility the wall could "slide" as its not directly mortared to the bricks below.
My neighbour recently had his extension built and this is the method they used and I can't understand how that's the safest means to build a wall.
Now my gym will have two 8x3 inch wooden beams running along the top of the wall to support 2 large punchbags. These will be used regularly, so I'm concerned the vibrations on the walls from the punchbag use could potentially cause sliding or movement of the walls if they are not directly mortared (ie. If there's a plastic Dpc at a low level.of the wall)
Could engineering bricks be used instead of the DPC strip and if so would this provide the same level of protection against rising damp?