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This image is the inside of my detached garage wall that is on my next door neighbours side.
He recently (3/4 years ago) had a small extension which butts up to my garage wall (small gap of about 3cm) he also has a decking outside his extension.
Due to the slope of the ground his decking comes about 40/50cm up the side of my garage wall.
He is a good neighbour and I don't want to fall out with him. I have spoken to him about this and he simply says "what do you want me to do?" Obviously he can't demolish his extension/decking !
I was thinking about putting some kind of membrane up and then battening and ply boarding that side of the garage, would this be a good solution ?
Cheers.....Tony..
He recently (3/4 years ago) had a small extension which butts up to my garage wall (small gap of about 3cm) he also has a decking outside his extension.
Due to the slope of the ground his decking comes about 40/50cm up the side of my garage wall.
He is a good neighbour and I don't want to fall out with him. I have spoken to him about this and he simply says "what do you want me to do?" Obviously he can't demolish his extension/decking !
I was thinking about putting some kind of membrane up and then battening and ply boarding that side of the garage, would this be a good solution ?
Cheers.....Tony..
I had this but much worse in a property I moved to. It was an unattached garage so didn't bother me too much at first but it kept creating a mess. I decided to go to the neighbour in a street adjacent to mine and we both went and had a look.
It turned out he had made a concrete shed base, butted up to my outer garage wall, and the shed roof was slanted towards my garage with no guttering. The damp was crossing over into my wall as it was butted up higher than the DPC.
He was told to either move the concrete base, or create some kind of clearway at the back where the concrete didn't touch my garage. I seem to remember he cut away about 6" of the base from the back. He also fitted guttering.
It was this, or expect a solicitors letter and a claim for damages from his house insurance.
It turned out he had made a concrete shed base, butted up to my outer garage wall, and the shed roof was slanted towards my garage with no guttering. The damp was crossing over into my wall as it was butted up higher than the DPC.
He was told to either move the concrete base, or create some kind of clearway at the back where the concrete didn't touch my garage. I seem to remember he cut away about 6" of the base from the back. He also fitted guttering.
It was this, or expect a solicitors letter and a claim for damages from his house insurance.
Jeremy-75qq8 said:
Was there a party wall agreement in place when the work was done ? If so pass it to the surveyor to sort it
Did he have appropriate planning including the deck of more than 30cm off the ground
Ignore these options unless you really want to fall out with your neighbour and rack up a lot of unnecessary cost. Did he have appropriate planning including the deck of more than 30cm off the ground
There will be a sensible and practical solution with a bit of thought.
Most decks are pretty well ventilated underneath so shouldn't cause much of an issue even if above the DPC. Have you been round to his side to see if you can why the wall is apparently getting/staying wet?
I'm no expert so just some observations from an untrained eye
Is your issue just the at the bottom or also the flaking paint further up the wall?
Looks like there might be a DPC running along 2 courses up so anything below that is presumably going to be subject to damp.
Does the neighbours decking slope so that run off is towards the wall
Can you fit a french drain along the wall?
Is your issue just the at the bottom or also the flaking paint further up the wall?
Looks like there might be a DPC running along 2 courses up so anything below that is presumably going to be subject to damp.
Does the neighbours decking slope so that run off is towards the wall
Can you fit a french drain along the wall?
tozerman said:
Sorry for the late reply.
Thank you all for your advice and help.
Unfortunately my neighbour has been diagnosed with terminal cancer
Needless to say this is something I need to put on the back burner for the time being...
A gigantic dose of perspective for all (particularly those hitting the nuclear option). Poor chap. Thank you all for your advice and help.
Unfortunately my neighbour has been diagnosed with terminal cancer
Needless to say this is something I need to put on the back burner for the time being...
You could in the meantime use this: https://www.zinsseruk.com/product/watertite/
Should work, yes, the moisture will find another route, usually that is down not up.
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