We have found an honest builder. Honest because, having done the job unsuccessfully, he gave us our money back. So now we have to find out how to get it done properly...
We're trying to raise the level of the path at the front of our house, to remove a step down then step up to the front door.
To put it another way, the land slopes down to the front of our house, and at the front door, the bottom of the door is about 1ft above ground level. We want level access. So we want to fill in the last bit of this slope - both immediately in front of the door, and to the side.
Where this new raised path abuts the house, it'll be just above the DPM in the house wall. How can this be done (_can_ this be done) to avoid getting the external house wall damp? Plastic? Gap? hidden/ french drain / gutter thing? Nowt?
Cheers, David.