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I live in a conventionally brick built detached house, constructed 8 years ago. It has taken me until now to notice that the concrete floor of integral double garage is one course of bricks below the DPC. This bottom course leeches salt out of the bricks and conducts dampness through to anything touching against it. e.g. cardboard boxes. It also seems to have encouraged the entry of wood lice into the house. Of the 4 walls of the garage, one is to the front with 2 separate up-and-over doors, one at the side is an external wall, the other side wall backs onto the hall and cloakroom, and the rear wall backs onto the kitchen and utility room.
Should the garage floor have been constructed below the DPC in the first place?
How can I now eradicate the dampness in this bottom course of brickwork?
Grateful for any advice
Mike Schofield
(Bristol)
Should the garage floor have been constructed below the DPC in the first place?
How can I now eradicate the dampness in this bottom course of brickwork?
Grateful for any advice
Mike Schofield
(Bristol)