Can we fill earth right to house boundary?

[spiidey]

Not sure where the best place to post this is:-

We are looking to landscape our garden garden, and will be excavating earth as shown in the first two pictures to allow us to flatten/tier our garden.

This leaves us with approximately 24 tonnes of earth that we need to excavate in total.

However, in the third picture, there is a "step down" from our house to the back garden, of circa 130mm (i.e. the height of the floor of the house is c. 130mm higher than the level of the garden/paving slabs).

Could (some of) the earth that we are excavating be used to fill in the area of the garden nearest the house, so that the garden would effectively be raised by circa 130mm beside the house and therefore there would be no "step down" when we walk from the house into the back garden?

Or is this not advisable given damp (or other) problems that may occur?

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[Alastairreid]

As long as your finished ground level remains 150mm below the dpc.

 

[spiidey]

As long as your finished ground level remains 150mm below the dpc.

How do we check/determine at what height the damp proof course is?

 

[stuart45]

Or is this not advisable given damp (or other) problems that may occur?

It's not a good idea to have your ground level that high. Your DPC could be just below the door frame.

 

[spiidey]

Or is this not advisable given damp (or other) problems that may occur?

It's not a good idea to have your ground level that high. Your DPC could be just below the door frame.

How do we check where the DPC is to determine if that's the case?

 

[stuart45]

Should be able to see it in the bed joint. Can be a bit harder to spot if it wasn't bedded, and set back slightly, but that position is the obvious place for it.

 

[maltaron]

If the bottom of the fence is your neighbours garden level you will need a retaining wall of some sort before you excavate, otherwise the neighbour may lose their garden!