Originally Posted by
james kiely
matt where the walls start off at floor level their maybe a week point where water can cross the joint .a water bar is a galvanised metal bar about 40/50mm about 6mm thick that is beeded an a inch in concrete and sticks up a inch above the floor in the wall cavity.
if you get the dpm done right and bring it up the wall to ground level put a sheet of insulation against it and backfill with a pea gravel to stop any sharp stone punturing the dpm it should be fine .the devil is in the detail here matt and take your time making sure all the dpm is stuck properly and you wont have a problem mate and you will get away with the water bar .
you will be filling the cavity with a concrte mix to your ground level i take it,make sure to chamfer the concrete off to the outer leaf so to throw off any water that may get into the cavity.im sure your brickie will know this anyway matt
Right gotcha cheers for taking the time to explain it all as said its much appreciated
Originally Posted by
B19LRW
Glad the S/E got his arse in gear finally Matt!
me too mate was starting to get the right arse ache with him