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Definitely no cavity, it’s a cold room in the winter, north facing, with a small radiator, only suitable for a quick visit haha. The house is one of many ex council houses built in the fifties that seems generally well built. The rest of the house has the same form of dpc/mortar with no...

Thanks for your reply. The wall is not cavity as it’s a flat roof extension (original part of the build) and houses a downstairs toilet where there is slight evidence of damp, the reason I started looking outside. I suppose the sloping of the mortar over the dpc could be cosmetic and/or also a...

Thanks for those replies. The stones at the base of the wall separating the wall from a concrete path (at the same level) does have plastic sheet under the stones which I guess would add to the dampness below the dpc but there are no gutters or pipes causing additional wet areas. But my main...

My semi detached house built in the fifties has a damp proof course fitted but it seems to have a sloping mortar cover over it . Some of the cover has disintegrated over the years and been replaced badly. Consequently dampness has bridged the dpc. I’m interested if anyone can explain why the dpc...