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Can I increase the height of a DPC
Anonymous user 03/03/2024 - 3.15 PM
I live in a Victorian terrace house with a slate DPC. I want to level the front path and block pave the front garden but I cannot achieve this without getting too close to the existing DPC. Is it possible to insert a new DPC a couple of bricks higher? If it is possible any suggestions on how to do it would be much appreciated. Thank you
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Anonymous user
Hi.
Why don't you install a French drain to perimeter to reduce the ground level.
It would be ill advised to replace a fully functioning dpc with a new chemically injected one
Answered5 February 2017
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Anonymous user
Ideally you want to keep your DPC low as possible, remember the high you go the more chance you've still got of mositure traveling up and also ng the no forming barrier ie(dpc) if you've got a failing dpc you can sometimes drill along the same one depending what dpc if any you had before, i.e. Copper wire, all you've got to remember is you've got to allow the injection cream to foam a straight barrier and as close to the inside floor as possible, best way to get best results inject both side of the area that need the dpc if accessible.
Hope this helps.
Answered5 February 2017
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