We bought a house built in 1934. Been in since March. There's some evidence of historic damp around the bay window in the living room. The front path is block paving right up to the property despite being on a slope that would cause water to run towards the house.
Easy remedial work I thought. Took up the block work around the bay window to find a 75mm slab of concrete!
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I'm thinking to hire a breaker and remove this but just wondered if there is some archaic reason for laying a 75mm slab of concrete around a bay window?
The damp proof course is barely 50mm above this concrete slab.
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My intended course of action is to break up all this concrete, remove soil to expose 150mm of brick below the dpc and then back fill the area with 20mm gravel. A neighbour has suggested applying blackjack to the brickwork once it's had sufficient time to dry out.
Could someone with knowledge of the construction of houses of this age give an opinion on this course of action?
Cheers
Easy remedial work I thought. Took up the block work around the bay window to find a 75mm slab of concrete!
View media item 106499
I'm thinking to hire a breaker and remove this but just wondered if there is some archaic reason for laying a 75mm slab of concrete around a bay window?
The damp proof course is barely 50mm above this concrete slab.
View media item 106498
My intended course of action is to break up all this concrete, remove soil to expose 150mm of brick below the dpc and then back fill the area with 20mm gravel. A neighbour has suggested applying blackjack to the brickwork once it's had sufficient time to dry out.
Could someone with knowledge of the construction of houses of this age give an opinion on this course of action?
Cheers