damp proof course

Hi Have recently repointed my west facing (prevailing weather) wall and it all went well. I'm not sure what to do with the dpc course though. It's slate but has come away with the old pointing in places (I've not raked it out). It feels like a bad idea to point over it and create a moisture...

Hello I was looking at a house that is showing signs of wear, and im hoping please to get your thoughts on whether any of this looks serious. Under a lower window there are stepped cracks and some poor filling/repair, the damp proof course bricks look in poor condition, the guttering has...

Hi all, Your help and guidance would really be appreciated. I have removed a wooden plank that sat up against the door frame between that and my flooring inside my patio door (is this called threshold?) and found that who ever originally installed it made a bit of a mess. I hasten to add this...

Hi everyone, just looking for a second opinion on our filled-in gully! We recently found a broken drain below the gully outside the kitchen of our 1910 house (which the sink and washing machine drain into, so this had just been pouring into the ground for who knows how long!). We have just had...

I have a concrete driveway which is too high, see attached images. The drive is quite long (think 4.5 car lengths) and slopes downwards away from the house. We are seeing damp issues in the room to the right of the doorway (see second image). There are 3 waste drainage channels along the drive...

Hi everyone, We are doing a major renovation of a 1930s semi and extension to the side wrapping round to the rear (open plan kitchen diner at the rear of the property) In the kitchen we currently have a suspended timber floor which has a 1.6m void underneath (we are on a slight slope hence...

Hi, I've bought a 1930's semi in Surrey, we've got rising damp. The house has pebbledash rendering, I can see a few previous holes drilled through the render for a damp proof course, so I can use those again, but they only go around half the house. They must have been drilled after the...

The day after I stopped to "relax" for Xmas , our converted outhouse/office water pipe burst :confused: Thus, xmas was a chaos of ripping up the flooring and borrowing heaters and dehumidifers and running to and fro to the tip. The chipboard floor was sodden, and the mineral wool insulation...

During the build of our extension the builder built the walls (outer and inner) before laying the slab. This means the DPM does not go under the course of blocks containing the DPC. Is this a normal practice these days? There is also a gap between the end of DPM in places and the DPC, can this...

Can any tell me if the green wall I have under a bay window is likely due to a problem with the DPC? Anyone seen anything like this before?

My late father had a conservatory built in may last year, I'm now the owner of the house my dpc level on the back of the conservatory goes well below 150mm I've been in contact with the company that built it and they said it's because of the flags and I need an aco drain. BUT they put the flags...

Hello, I wasn't sure how to categorise this question so feel free to move it into more suitable sub-forum. I'm looking for some advice. I'd like to route some (7-8) CAT6 Ethernet cables from downstairs living room (router) to the upstairs bedrooms. Most of the cables will be used for...

Hi all, welcome to my post. The front room of our house has had damp issues since we bought it in early 2012. We then had an large extension later that year, although the front room with damp problems was not touched back then due to finances at the time. Our place was originally a cow shed...

Hi, I've searched the forums but cannot find an answer to this specific question. I have a 1960s bungalow that I'm refurbishing. Ground floor was: Ash solum on earth, sealed (badly) with bitumen. Suspended floor joists with tongue and groove timber flooring (void below floor is ventilated). I...

I have a 1880 Terraced House and around the fireplace in the back room (it's closed off) I've noticed a very slight dark line appearing about 30-50cms above the floor. I think this could be the start of rising damp so I've removed the skirting board and the plaster is in good condition (i.e...