Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2011 6:19 pm
Evening chaps, i have now been to look a two jobs to extend the existing paving put down by the builders. The houses are on a new development. The existing pavings finished height is level with the door sill right on the dpc and the lawn level is the same. i beleive this is allowed now for disabled access? if i extend the paving where the lawn is again to run it level would mean it is right on the dpc level, no where near 150mm below unless i step it. the client has also been told by the builder that this would be fine to do as the houses have another dpc two courses higher? To me the if you did pave this high the bricks inbetween the dpc's would discolour ect. I f this is now the case it changes all the normall practice of 150mm below dpc finished height. what is best practice now?
