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I'm adding a porch onto my house it's 2.2 X 1.5. I've built up to dpc and now looking at pouring the floor. Can any one tell me if I have to tie the dpm into the dpc or can I just let the dpm run up past the dpc. I ask this because half of it is the existing house and half is the new porch and...

Hi Im adding a small porch on the back of my house which is just basically an L shape to create it. I'm going to do a concetre floor but not sure how to join the dpm to the old and new dpc. I can mortar it in the new dpc easy enough but not the old dpc (1940's). Is it ok to just let...

Have just dug down to the depth required for my footing for my new porch (2.2m x 1.4) and have found that they is a drain pipe running half and half at the bottom of where my concrete is to be layed. Whats the best way to bridge over this? Also they is a pad of concrete about 4inch thick at one...

Hi, I'm building a porch on the back of my house and have made a start on foundations. The wall will be L shaped and about 1m high from FFL. Now the floor base at the moment is the path has you can see in the picture. My question is can the path be left has it is and be used has the hardcore...

Im building a small porch on the rear of my house (2.5×1.5m ish). They will be an L Shaped wall 1m high and 1.5 x 0.9m and the rest pvc. Im looking at doing a cavity wall for this so I see it has, breeze block below ground, brick 4 courses up (for looks) then breeze block up to below window then...

Hi, Im planning on adding a porch on my back door around 2.5m x 1.5m. Now at the minute the floor area is a concrete base. After drawing out a section of the new floor the current concrete base is the same level has where the sub base would be. So could I just leave it has it is and just put my...