04-08-13, 09:28 PM
Hi
I've just ripped up a fairly shoddy/sunken patio and i am about to put a new one down.
As for damp course...the way i remember it is - the important part is 8 inches from the house. In this 8 inches (200mm) the ground level should be 150mm below the damp course. The patio ive just ripped up was around 100mm.
My problem is the level of the new patio is kind of set by the first step of a concerete (with slabbed treads) set of steps thats leads up the garden to the next tier. If i make the new patio lower it could be 150mm below the damp course but that first step will be BIG! if i heigher the patio the first step will be fine but the height to damp course to patio will be even lower!!
I know ways around this is to start the slabs 200mm from the brick line, and lower the 200mm to a suitable height and fill with gravel. But, for aesthetic reasons and practical reason i dont really want to do that....the max i could do is 6inces from the building line (ideally i would do 3.5inches which i would continue all round the whole patio filled with Cotswold stone)
Pretty sure there is no law against this but it can get picked up in a house survey (when selling your house). A bloke i work with is an ex builder and he has done jobs where he's had to go and rectify patios that are too high against the building line.
Did any understand that? :lol Ideas on a postcode please as im quite stumped!
I've just ripped up a fairly shoddy/sunken patio and i am about to put a new one down.
As for damp course...the way i remember it is - the important part is 8 inches from the house. In this 8 inches (200mm) the ground level should be 150mm below the damp course. The patio ive just ripped up was around 100mm.
My problem is the level of the new patio is kind of set by the first step of a concerete (with slabbed treads) set of steps thats leads up the garden to the next tier. If i make the new patio lower it could be 150mm below the damp course but that first step will be BIG! if i heigher the patio the first step will be fine but the height to damp course to patio will be even lower!!
I know ways around this is to start the slabs 200mm from the brick line, and lower the 200mm to a suitable height and fill with gravel. But, for aesthetic reasons and practical reason i dont really want to do that....the max i could do is 6inces from the building line (ideally i would do 3.5inches which i would continue all round the whole patio filled with Cotswold stone)
Pretty sure there is no law against this but it can get picked up in a house survey (when selling your house). A bloke i work with is an ex builder and he has done jobs where he's had to go and rectify patios that are too high against the building line.
Did any understand that? :lol Ideas on a postcode please as im quite stumped!