Damp rising through foundations

[^woody^]

If you specified and paid for a dry floor, then that is what you should expect.

Five years is with the limitation period for which you could claim via a civil claim, if you were minded to.

For context, there is no expectation that a non-habitable garage should be damp-free (e.g. no DPC and no DPM) unless you specified it.

 

[foxhole]

Rain will pass thru a single skin with nothing to prevent it .

 

[noseall]

For context, there is no expectation that a non-habitable garage should be damp-free (e.g. no DPC and no DPM) unless you specified it.

Correct.

I asked the BCO on a garage we were building is she wanted to inspect the oversite detail and damp? She said just that, i.e. you can build it without DPC, as far as the reg's are concerned.

I don't know why anyone would though.

 

[brum_screwdriver]

If you specified and paid for a dry floor, then that is what you should expect.

Five years is with the limitation period for which you could claim via a civil claim, if you were minded to.

For context, there is no expectation that a non-habitable garage should be damp-free (e.g. no DPC and no DPM) unless you specified it.

The builders said they'd made it suitable for habitation should I ever want to change it's purpose via planning permission. They took pics during construction as evidence (but I did not get them).

 

[^woody^]

Correct.

I asked the BCO on a garage we were building is she wanted to inspect the oversite detail and damp? She said just that, i.e. you can build it without DPC, as far as the reg's are concerned.

I don't know why anyone would though.

I've done it loads of times - in fact I'd say it was normal. There is absolutely no need for damp prevention when you are building a garage that is inherently going to be damp by virtue of having solid walls.

 

[^woody^]

The builders said they'd made it suitable for habitation should I ever want to change it's purpose via planning permission. They took pics during construction as evidence (but I did not get them).

Unless the walls are cavity and insulated then that was never suitable for habitation.

The insulation on soil under the floor, would also make the build questionable.

If it's really important to sort out then you either need a suitable person to inspect it and advice, or you need to post a lot more images of the construction details and floor/wall/render/ground arrangement. The relation between the render and DPC and DPC/DPM and floor level would be important. There may be a simple fix, but one photo is not enough