Can anyone help with this issue. Removing an old conservatory. Got new external doors fitted and am keeping the slab the conservatory was on. Idea is to pave over the slab but it comes to the wall, level with the DPC. I’m struggling to find a solution to keep my brickwork from getting damp. Any ideas?
Paving to the DPC line
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You mean the painted brickwork? It’s sorted
Thanks for the replies. The white paint will
Be coming off as it’s shaped like the conservatory. Yeah I was thinking along the lines of waterproofing that area as that will deal with splashing rain but maybe not bridging. I can’t put a gravel trap in as it will be sat on concrete. Can’t put a drain in as the door sills are in the way. I was thinking about putting a drip bead in and / or a drain away to the front of the slab (red line). I don’t want water moving through the grout and pooling along the wall at DPC under the patio.
Be coming off as it’s shaped like the conservatory. Yeah I was thinking along the lines of waterproofing that area as that will deal with splashing rain but maybe not bridging. I can’t put a gravel trap in as it will be sat on concrete. Can’t put a drain in as the door sills are in the way. I was thinking about putting a drip bead in and / or a drain away to the front of the slab (red line). I don’t want water moving through the grout and pooling along the wall at DPC under the patio.
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Surely it won't be ok?
The slab will be flat, the new patio will need to be tiled to a fall, you haven't got the height at the house end to fall away from the house. You'll need to cut a slot against the wall, insert a channel drain and fall the patio to it. Might be easier to replace the slab or see if there's a screed on the slab that could be removed.
The slab will be flat, the new patio will need to be tiled to a fall, you haven't got the height at the house end to fall away from the house. You'll need to cut a slot against the wall, insert a channel drain and fall the patio to it. Might be easier to replace the slab or see if there's a screed on the slab that could be removed.
You could but shouldn't. The paving should ideally be two bricks lower than the DPC. It looks like yours will be higher than the internal floor once you've paved it, you're asking for problems doing this.
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