I am going to rebulid my boundary brickwall. It will be single skin construction with brick piers. My question is, should I have a damp proof course?
Brick wall
Dec 31, 2004
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Preferably not, as it provides a weak spot. If you do really want one use a couple of courses of engineering bricks
Not strictly necessaru oif good bricks and stiff mnortar used, but not abd thing
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Or slates.
It can help stop splatting in cases of soggy ground and frost.
Don't care what the web site tells you. 20 years of experience tells me a stiff mortar will make no difference at all. By good bricks you must a class a engineering brick which will resist dampness but it just travels thru the mortar joint.
No: build a manhole with semi-engineering bricks and 1:3 mortar and the brickwork will be 100% (OK 99.5%) watertight.
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