Hello, hoping you good people can advise. I want to build a garden wall that is attached to my house, about 6 foot high and coming out at right angles to the rear wall of the house. I was going to tie it on to the rear wall with a wall starter. Will I be giving myself any trouble with the damp proof course on the house by doing this? If so, what is the best way to solve it?
Bridging the damp proof course
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Dont use wall starters.. just put in a movement joint between the new and old.. the wall really should be independant of the house unless you intend to dig the footing about 1m deep and tie them into the existing..
Thanks for the reply. What's a movement joint? I've never built a wall before so I know nothing!
Sorry a little miss leading, should have said an isolation joint.. which is basically a 25mm ish gap between the two walls filled with a compressible/flexible material (something like Aerofil type 1 by Grace)
http://www.uk.graceconstruction.com/product.cfm?mode=c&id=5&did=11
But most builder yards can provide something off the shelf similar..
http://www.uk.graceconstruction.com/product.cfm?mode=c&id=5&did=11
But most builder yards can provide something off the shelf similar..
Ah, ok, that sounds easy enough. So with a movement joint, there's no bridging of the damp proof course?
Its a rubber type of compound so totally impermeable so you wouldnt be providing a route for water
I'm not a brickie and, with respect to the other knowledgeable poster, here's a few thoughts.
1. a six foot brick wall req's a substantial footing - how long is the wall, how does it terminate? 2. if one side of the wall fronts a public highway, then that wall must be stable - supporting pillars etc.
3. many of the old terraced backyards had, and have, dividing walls that merely butt up to the main structure.
4. does the house have existing solid or cavity walls?
5. BCO always take a keen interest in boundary walls where public safety is concerned - some districts dont allow high walls.
I'd suggest, get a brickies opinion on-site.
1. a six foot brick wall req's a substantial footing - how long is the wall, how does it terminate? 2. if one side of the wall fronts a public highway, then that wall must be stable - supporting pillars etc.
3. many of the old terraced backyards had, and have, dividing walls that merely butt up to the main structure.
4. does the house have existing solid or cavity walls?
5. BCO always take a keen interest in boundary walls where public safety is concerned - some districts dont allow high walls.
I'd suggest, get a brickies opinion on-site.
And your neighbour, if it affects him, might take a keen interest in what a novice's brick wall looks like from his side.... 
Skilled brickies, like skilled plasterers, make what they do look quick and easy. It's neither when you try it for the first time.
Skilled brickies, like skilled plasterers, make what they do look quick and easy. It's neither when you try it for the first time.
Hmm, OP didnt say anything about it being a boundary wall.. or a terrace house..
No, and nobody else has said so either.
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