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new back door step
Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 4:26 pm
by jay81
i am going to put a step outside my back door as at te moment the bottom of the door is about 18inches above the patio, i am going to do using concrete but i want put some kind of damp seal between the new step and the bricks of the house,
What am i best using
cheers jason
Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 4:30 pm
by thescruff
Will the step be above the DPC then
Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 5:22 pm
by jay81
yes part of it will be, is this ok to do?
Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 5:31 pm
by thescruff
In that case I would be tempted to put a cover flashing in the course above the step.
If you put a plastic membrane against the wall, water can still go down the back of it.
If you mark it our perhaps a sealing mastic painted on the wall would be an idea
Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 5:45 pm
by Tryanything
Leave a 50mm gap between the concrete step and the brickwork
( l promise nobody will fall down the gap )
Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 5:51 pm
by jay81
could i paint the bricks behind the new step with some kind of damp seal stuff,
i cant leave a gap, her indoors has said no
Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 6:02 pm
by Tryanything
Then her indoors needs to find out why you have a damp course and why it should not be bridged
Or look forward to posible future problems with the step built against the
brickwork
Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 7:33 pm
by jay81
Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 7:39 pm
by thescruff
It would be better than anything else other than a cover flashing
Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2008 6:28 am
by jay81
how far above the step should i go with it?