Brick skirt vs damp course - Unsure of required depth

[Cmsajon1]

My house was built in 1906 and has a 3 brick deep brick skirt which has always been hidden by soil. The top brick is 80mm below the damp course. My question is, where should my block paving be? If I sit it on top of the top brick then I have only 30mm gap beneath it and my damp proof. Do I lay them on the second brick down and expose the first layer of brick skirt? Or do I lay it level with the damp course in the same place as where the soil has always been?

Many thanks in advance.

[lutonlagerlout]

on old houses generally 150mm below finished floor level will work
without actually seeing it its impossible to say 100%
LLL

[Cmsajon1]

Thanks. My finished flooring is around 300mm above the damp course (out of picture, its about 4 red bricks above damp course).

To better describe what I mean I've included the picture below. As you can see, I have the decorate red brick I don't want to cover. Then the damp course, then 3 levels of foundation brick, with the first brick being flush with the red brick.

Do I lay my block paving level with damp course? If I lay it lower I'm exposing the brick foundations which are quite ugly and have always been covered with soil.


Thanks

[sy76uk]

You should be safe 2 courses below your air brick.

[Cmsajon1]

You should be safe 2 courses below your air brick.

Would the first line of bricks below the red brick be left visible then?

Thanks

[sy76uk]

Yes. I always tend to go around 4-6" below inside finished floor level.