2 DPCs new build, is this correct?

[kgg]

Surely this does not meet building regs?

I can only assume they just got the levels wrong?

internal floor level is the same as the patio.

Thanks in advance.

[joe90]

Not necessarily, I have two DPC,S. The bottom DPC is sloped in the cavity to carry moisture out via weep vents, the upper DPC is to stop rain splash soaking the wall.

 

Edited April 12, 2021 by joe90

[Brickie]

Your patio level is what’s known as ‘level threshold’-there’s no step up into the house as there would have been traditionally. The lower dpc shown should be a continuous barrier all the way around the building, at that level,on both skins of masonry. A level threshold presents a risk that rain splash will affect the wall above dpc level (not having the standard 150mm clearance from ground level) & so an additional dpc is installed,extending a minimum 1m past the raised ground level & lapping down to meet the dpc lower down. 

[kgg]

Brilliant, thanks.

[epsilonGreedy]

1 hour ago, joe90 said:

 

 

When did your house fall over?

[joe90]

15 minutes ago, epsilonGreedy said:

When did your house fall over?

Bloody IPad, it does not matter which way I take photos it turns them around, ?

[SteamyTea]

6 hours ago, joe90 said:

Bloody IPad, it does not matter which way I take photos it turns them around

Try putting the sketch against a wall, then take a picture.

It could be that the orientation sensor is confused.

It iCrapple does not always 'just work'.

[joe90]

18 minutes ago, SteamyTea said:

It could be that the orientation sensor is confused.

???? will give it a go