Hi, I'm about to lay a patio/path against my house wall. Do I have to leave a gap for drainage between the house brickwork and the flags if I keep the flags over 150mm below the dampcourse?
Cheers
How close to house brickwork?
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Thanks Tony.
I've got a soak-a-way in my garden so I was planning to slope the patio towards the grass and the soak-a-way should do the rest. Soak-a-way is around 1.5m across and 3m to top of rocks, I know massive but I only discovered it recently.
You probably already know but worth stating for everyone else, having a soak-a-way in your garden that takes all my property's surface water entitles me to a discount from my Water Board!
(Edited by parrell at 6:12 pm on April 5, 2004)
I've got a soak-a-way in my garden so I was planning to slope the patio towards the grass and the soak-a-way should do the rest. Soak-a-way is around 1.5m across and 3m to top of rocks, I know massive but I only discovered it recently.
You probably already know but worth stating for everyone else, having a soak-a-way in your garden that takes all my property's surface water entitles me to a discount from my Water Board!
(Edited by parrell at 6:12 pm on April 5, 2004)
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reading your posts makes me want to ask:
the small patio in front of my front door is angled so that water collects towards the building. i noticed this because if it rains really hard, a puddle collects in the corner immediately in front of the doorstep that takes a few minutes to disappear - there is no proper drain as such, so i guess the water just seeps down between the slabs... the water puddles mainly against the doorstep, but if i remember right, doesn't quite reach right up to contact with the adjacent wall itself (the wall is at right-angles to the door on the left side) because there is a strip about 9inches wide of slightly-cambered cement
the water was collecting from an area of at most 6-7 sq.metres (about twelve 3x2's) - i don't know when the paving was laid, but the house was built in the mid 1920's, so i guess it could date from then...?
i recently removed a few of the 3x2's so the area collecting water is now about 4-5 sq.metres - but it still slopes towards the building/doorstep...
so... should i be worrying urgently about doing something about this?!
thanks,
james
the small patio in front of my front door is angled so that water collects towards the building. i noticed this because if it rains really hard, a puddle collects in the corner immediately in front of the doorstep that takes a few minutes to disappear - there is no proper drain as such, so i guess the water just seeps down between the slabs... the water puddles mainly against the doorstep, but if i remember right, doesn't quite reach right up to contact with the adjacent wall itself (the wall is at right-angles to the door on the left side) because there is a strip about 9inches wide of slightly-cambered cement
the water was collecting from an area of at most 6-7 sq.metres (about twelve 3x2's) - i don't know when the paving was laid, but the house was built in the mid 1920's, so i guess it could date from then...?
i recently removed a few of the 3x2's so the area collecting water is now about 4-5 sq.metres - but it still slopes towards the building/doorstep...
so... should i be worrying urgently about doing something about this?!
thanks,
james
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Apols for late arrival - been away
I would suggest that, as the house has managed to remain upright for the best part of 80 years, then worrying about a small puddle that eventually disappears anyway, is a waste of time.
Yes: in an ideal world, the paving should slope away from the building, but you don't mention any problems with damp so it's unlikely that the current arrangement is a serious threat to your property. If you get bored and fancy doing a bit of re-flagging, then you could lift and re-lay the flags so that they do slope away from the house, but, for now, pour another beer, sit back, enjoy the lovely spring sunshine, and don't worry about it. :)
I would suggest that, as the house has managed to remain upright for the best part of 80 years, then worrying about a small puddle that eventually disappears anyway, is a waste of time.
Yes: in an ideal world, the paving should slope away from the building, but you don't mention any problems with damp so it's unlikely that the current arrangement is a serious threat to your property. If you get bored and fancy doing a bit of re-flagging, then you could lift and re-lay the flags so that they do slope away from the house, but, for now, pour another beer, sit back, enjoy the lovely spring sunshine, and don't worry about it. :)