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Thanks for your advice Woody, not what I wanted to hear but much appreciated! I've got building control coming out to have a look on Monday. My guess is that we can live with the lack of mortar bed under the DPC if we have to, but the uncovered inner block will be a problem that needs to be...

Our bricklayer has installed a DPC on the inner skin of blockwork that leaves around 25mm of the block uncovered. I was concerned that this bridges the DPC and may allow rising damp to occur. He dismissed this and said that the gap is to allow for a key and avoid a slip plane (and it’s all...