Tail End Charlie
Well, write it down boy ......
- Location
- In green and pleasant hills.
I'm having a garage built, two walls of which will be against an earth bank, which gets very wet. The walls have been built, properly strengthened and I'm happy with that. However the tanking is being put on the outside of the walls before back filling and I've noticed the membrane is a brick course above the damp proof course. Fortunately the back filling wasn't completely done before I got home. Logically to me this is wrong as the water/ dampness will run down the wall and come inside the garage when it gets to the bottom level, which is above the dpc. The walls have damp patches at the bottom now and the builder says that's the slab drying out (the roof isn't on yet). I'm not convinced and have asked him not to do any more back filling until the roof is on so I can see if the damp patches remain.
Am I correct in my logic?
Am I correct in my logic?