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    Height of internal floor too low or DPC too high

    Update on this. Builder agreed it wasn't right. Took out the bi-folds, removed a course of bricks and re-installed. Now just have a little lip where the frame it, which I think is about right.
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    Height of internal floor too low or DPC too high

    These are "floating corner" bifolds with a big steel beam, if that makes a difference.
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    Height of internal floor too low or DPC too high

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    Height of internal floor too low or DPC too high

    The external ground is not high. There are 4 courses of engineering bricks.
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    Height of internal floor too low or DPC too high

    Good question. They're in the outer leaf of a block cavity and I assume are sealed water tight as normal. I hadn't thought about that question. How are they normally sited. Would them being this height increase water ingress?
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    Height of internal floor too low or DPC too high

    Hi, I'm getting to the end of a renovation and the concrete floor screed has been laid. This is in a rear extension to the kitchen and also a new extension at the front. There is a gap of about 3 inches between the top of the floor and the DPC level, both at the front door and at the back...
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    Retaining wall for railway embankment?

    Hi, My garden adjoins a railway embankment. When we moved in, the bottom 15 feet of the garden was overgrown with conifers and laurel that I've slowly been clearing. The ground starts to slope up to the railway before our boundary so I'm planning on incorporating one or two 'steps'. At the...
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