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Hi, I've a damp issue I thought would be fixed but doesn't seem to have worked - any advice appreciated!! we've a victorian flat (so lime cement used in the brickwork) that has been painted on the exterior and the paint not maintained well in places i.e. the exterior paint is flaky in...

thanks a lot! rightly or wrongly I've knocked away a narrow patch of the render (I'll patch it back up later) to see if I could locate the dpc. Bit hard to see but it looks like a thin strip of slate-like material (certaintly not flexible like modern dpc I've seen) half way down the render...

I'm lowering the ground level of the patio outside my kitchen due to damp. What should the level of the new paving be? I've taken a photo. I can't see the DPC, but further round the house there are airbricks (sealed up because the old wood floor has been filled with concrete), where...

right.. I've spent the day breaking out the concrete side return. I'm going to feel this tomorrow! I've dug down a bit too, so the level outside is now 20cm below the dpc. at this level, next to the house wall I've exposed a brick that juts out (assume this is a brick footing for the...

that's really helpful thanks a lot! going to try it with a lump hammer, chisel and crowbar as that's what I've got, it doesn't look too big an area although I'm sure a few metres in it'll start to feel a bigger job.. Thanks for the advice! Peter

brilliant thanks. I thought this might be the case. bought an angle grinder for a smooth cut against the wall and I'll bash out the rest. so I dig down far enough so the new top paving slabs will be at least 15 cm below the dpc. I can then lay the new pavers to butt up against the wall (so...

Hi, I'm re-paving a side return outside my kitchen. A damp firm did a survey and said I need to put in a french drain because the paving level was too high (a couple cm below the dpc) and up against the side of the building. I started by taking up the paving slabs, with the intention of...

the base is up next to the side return, do I need to break it all out (or at least up to where the gravel starts, after that it falls away to a drain off to the right)