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Thanks Joe, you've convinced me, the plinth comes off today :)

Cheers Joe. Whilst I understand the idea of minimize the costs of a proper brick plinth, I wonder why everyone has adopted the cement if it's such a bad idea... In my area ~80% of the houses have the cement plinth, the rest have no plinth. If the original purpose of the plinth was to prevent...

Many thanks for the replies. Can I ask for the reason for such cement plinth in the first place? Seems almost every house has them in the London area... To answer the questions posed by ree: 1. Would you suggest a French drain in preference to gully filled with shingles? I understand a...

In the passageway between me and neighbour, I have a shaded flank wall with render plinth that shows evidence of rising damp. //www.diynot.com/network/bitfr/albums/24408/91933 As can be seen in the photo, the damp raises even when there is no standing water in passage. The passage...