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Do a block left and right side of the cavity below floor level ?

So the floor dpm goes through

Thanks for your help im trying to work out how you mean the floor this comes into is not going to be all broken up and there is no insulation under it

Here are some images of what i have that the tail of dpc there that ive been fitting along the brick work inner skin

What do i do over a door opening ?

You can see on here the dpc is at the ffl ive put min at the purple line yet my ffl is 2 bricks above will this matter

Hi guys so some members already might of seen posts from me on here of late im doing a refurb of this 100 year old house its had issues all over with rising damp for many years after opening up the cavitys i found they where totally blocked with black rubbish which i presume fell down there...

lol yeah its not in a river but below the outside road level and always had a history of rising damp as it was my late grans house so i kind of want to make sure i fully solve the issue

So the plan is get the sub layer to a rough level blind it out with sand Lay a sheet of dpm over the sand to meet the parts of the wall where the dpc stick out tape and mastic along the edges then as a double up lay another full sheet of dpm and this time instead of it been cut as a square...

The damp proof course is not at final floor level its one brick above the sub base level but the final floor level once the sand has been put in and damp proof membrane laid and infilled it will be 3 bricks above the damp proof course

Not sure if you can use black jack with dpm plastic ?

Just bought some visqueen zedex mastic looking to use this to make a seal aswell

I only have about 1 inch to tape to if i had time again i should of fitted a wider dpc maybe 18inch and then i would of had a good bit to tape to

You can see on the this image i have fitted the DPC 1 brick up from ground level i plan to install dpm sheet taped to the little bit that sticks out from the wall then blind it with sand then finish floor level will be 2 bricks above the dpm

Yeah ita annoying on here that images go on the side view for some reason

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A pic of what im doing dpc 1 brick up looking to seal dpm to the bit of dpc sticking out

Hi guys so i have a question to ask i am doing a refurb of this old house im been fitting a dpc on the inner skin 1 brick up from the floor level im looking to tape dpm to the bit of dpc that sticks out the wall would this make a decent job or not ?

Thanks for the replies i managed to get it off without causing any issues i just didnt know if it was some sortof seal , i presumed they would just say no dont remove it cause they wouldnt know if i was gonna yank and pull at it or try and take the valve off but there charges are a joke they...

Hi guys ive had BG round to remove my gas meter as im doing work on this house for myself and thd old external meter cupboard is was cracked and broken My plan was just to pry it off the wall and then in the future i could just slide a new box over the valve , however when i came to take the...