Last year we had problems with ants where they got in cavity of outside wall under my window I grouted brick joints where they were getting in now bricks seem wet and cold/ damp to touch what is wrong please advise
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wet bricks under my window
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just used general mortar , here are couple photos
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Do you know where the damp proof course is? Unless that window is very low in the room it looks like the slabs may be above the DPC.
Damp proof course is 2 brick high wet bricks go up to 5 high
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Assuming that it's not just heavy rain driving onto the slabs/brick it suggests your DPC may be faulty. It may be that the reason the ants got in was the pointing crumbling as a result of damp you had not noticed.
Sorry that's not much help I'm afraid.
Sorry that's not much help I'm afraid.
Is bridging it an easy fix to do or do I need builder
Its the conduit below the cill thats causing it.
The waters dripping from the cill onto the conduit then running down the face of the brick.
The waters dripping from the cill onto the conduit then running down the face of the brick.
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