Hi all,
We are going to re-do our new-home (2012) back garden.
We plan to put a new patio in and build a brick walled raised bed. I have read that the slabs should be 150mm below the DPC.
1) Can anyone advise where our DPC is as it's not visible (photos attached). I guess looking at the bricks that it is immediately above the vent bricks - which would give enough space as is.
2) how close can we build the retaining wall for the raised bed (i.e. parallel to the house wall) to the wall? The wall will be roughly 1-1.5m long?
3) Same question as 2 but for the paving slabs - I thought you should have a gravel trap between the wall and patio but we haven't at the moment!
Many thanks for any help
We are going to re-do our new-home (2012) back garden.
We plan to put a new patio in and build a brick walled raised bed. I have read that the slabs should be 150mm below the DPC.
1) Can anyone advise where our DPC is as it's not visible (photos attached). I guess looking at the bricks that it is immediately above the vent bricks - which would give enough space as is.
2) how close can we build the retaining wall for the raised bed (i.e. parallel to the house wall) to the wall? The wall will be roughly 1-1.5m long?
3) Same question as 2 but for the paving slabs - I thought you should have a gravel trap between the wall and patio but we haven't at the moment!
Many thanks for any help