Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2012 10:10 pm
Hi,
I've literally just had a new patio layed by a landscape gardener - problem is he did not dig and has layed the slabs high - just under the DPC of the house. I found out this was unacceptable when a builder came round to do the gutters and told me the implications, so I looked into it and read the building regs and help on this website that it should be 15cm under the DPC (not 2cm). I have told the fool, and he is coming to rectify the problem (though he says it's fine as it is). He is going to cut a 8" channel away from the house and down to the soil, filled with gravel to drain away water. Will this really be good enough, will it still devalue my house on a survey? Should the sod dig them all up and start again? Thanks in advance . . .
I've literally just had a new patio layed by a landscape gardener - problem is he did not dig and has layed the slabs high - just under the DPC of the house. I found out this was unacceptable when a builder came round to do the gutters and told me the implications, so I looked into it and read the building regs and help on this website that it should be 15cm under the DPC (not 2cm). I have told the fool, and he is coming to rectify the problem (though he says it's fine as it is). He is going to cut a 8" channel away from the house and down to the soil, filled with gravel to drain away water. Will this really be good enough, will it still devalue my house on a survey? Should the sod dig them all up and start again? Thanks in advance . . .