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Kind people of diynot, before I start, I apologise on advance for my ignorance of all things building-related.
We moved into a end of terrace 60s townhouse 3 years ago and ever since the bricks at the bottom of the gable end wall have been a source of anxiety.
As you can see from the photos attached, there is a narrow passage with a neighbouring hedge making it a pretty dark and damp place and there is no drainage apart from this gravel channel\soakaway thing.
To me the bricks seem really manky. Many are looking wet\damp, even after fairly long dry spells, and a few have a lining of some sort of fungus plus a lot of the wall has a dusty look (white) to it which is not something we see on any of the other walls. There is a DPC and for the most part it doesn’t look like the wet bricks are north of this. Whatsmore, I recently discovered that there are a series of drill holes (pictured), spaced every 70mm or so, at the same level as the DPC which spans the entire wall and in some places the mortar around these holes is no in not in great shape.
We’ve had a few people around to look at it and recommendations including an aco drain, more DPC and some sort of waterproofing but I’m feeling unconvinced and I'm also keen to do as much a possible myself so this is a plea for some impartial advice as to how we can get things looking a bit healthier.
Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.
Cheers folks.
We moved into a end of terrace 60s townhouse 3 years ago and ever since the bricks at the bottom of the gable end wall have been a source of anxiety.
As you can see from the photos attached, there is a narrow passage with a neighbouring hedge making it a pretty dark and damp place and there is no drainage apart from this gravel channel\soakaway thing.
To me the bricks seem really manky. Many are looking wet\damp, even after fairly long dry spells, and a few have a lining of some sort of fungus plus a lot of the wall has a dusty look (white) to it which is not something we see on any of the other walls. There is a DPC and for the most part it doesn’t look like the wet bricks are north of this. Whatsmore, I recently discovered that there are a series of drill holes (pictured), spaced every 70mm or so, at the same level as the DPC which spans the entire wall and in some places the mortar around these holes is no in not in great shape.
We’ve had a few people around to look at it and recommendations including an aco drain, more DPC and some sort of waterproofing but I’m feeling unconvinced and I'm also keen to do as much a possible myself so this is a plea for some impartial advice as to how we can get things looking a bit healthier.
Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.
Cheers folks.