Hi there, I hope someone can give me some advice about our garage.
We had the garage built last summer with the rear wall and one side wall covered almost their whole height with earth (the lawn). The walls are made of single layer breezeblock filled with concrete, with a plastic sheet covering the outer wall up to to the level of the lawn. A layer of clay "pebbles" was also used adjacent to the walls to aid drainage.
Fairly large patches of damp are now appearing inside on the walls mainly towards the corner of the walls.
I am not really concerned about it if it is to be expected, in which case i can get DIYing with some paint on remedy.
The question is, is it to be expected when the wall was built by a professional builder? Will it affect the structural integrity of the wall or will it just cause the contents of the garage to get damp?
Any thoughts would be very welcome.
We had the garage built last summer with the rear wall and one side wall covered almost their whole height with earth (the lawn). The walls are made of single layer breezeblock filled with concrete, with a plastic sheet covering the outer wall up to to the level of the lawn. A layer of clay "pebbles" was also used adjacent to the walls to aid drainage.
Fairly large patches of damp are now appearing inside on the walls mainly towards the corner of the walls.
I am not really concerned about it if it is to be expected, in which case i can get DIYing with some paint on remedy.
The question is, is it to be expected when the wall was built by a professional builder? Will it affect the structural integrity of the wall or will it just cause the contents of the garage to get damp?
Any thoughts would be very welcome.