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Neighbours have just built a rear ground floor extension which adjoins our own similar extension. (Traditional semi-det).
Theirs extends out a couple of feet more than ours, but there doesn't appear to be any sort of mortar or sealant where their new brickwork butts up against ours at the party line. Should their builder have sealed the tiny gap between the two sets of bricks? If so, should it be visible and obvious?
Although the gap is sheltered to some degree by the overhang of guttering above it and partly by the party fence panel, we are wondering if we need to be concerned about driving rain being drawn into the gap and causing damp problems to both extensions.
Comments and advice welcomed, please. Thanks.
fmj
Theirs extends out a couple of feet more than ours, but there doesn't appear to be any sort of mortar or sealant where their new brickwork butts up against ours at the party line. Should their builder have sealed the tiny gap between the two sets of bricks? If so, should it be visible and obvious?
Although the gap is sheltered to some degree by the overhang of guttering above it and partly by the party fence panel, we are wondering if we need to be concerned about driving rain being drawn into the gap and causing damp problems to both extensions.
Comments and advice welcomed, please. Thanks.
fmj