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Does DPC on extension have to match existing on house?
Anonymous user 03/03/2024 - 2.54 PM
NEW EXTENSION, does your dpc on new build ( HAVE ) to be in line with your existing dpc on your house, meaning is there any torence over all under the dpc on the existing building,i no its meant to be 150mm above ground, do they have to be directory in line with each other.
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3 Answers
Anonymous user
No you can have DPC `s at different levels, so long as you have a vertical dpc that links the two. Various jobs done where buiding control allowed me to cut into the brick just below the existing so I could tuck in the new dpc to give an overlap. Other jobs they allowed just a vertcal dpc between the old and the new wall.
Answered8 May 2012
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Anonymous user
Not always, depends on ground and desired floor levels etc.
Answered30 April 2012
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Anonymous user
Not necessarily. It should just be 2 courses of bricks up from ground level.
Answered16 May 2012
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