DPC

[bran]

Is it possible to buy a roll of damp proof course for new walls? A quick search has not come up with anything other than the heavy pitch polymer type which is rather expensive.

[Gyn_Paul]

If it's the stuff I'm thinking of it's expensive for a reason: it's heavy-duty, unlikely to be pierced by sharp bits on the top of stones, bricks or blocks. You could buy a roll of the ordinary under-floor DPC and cut it into strips - I'd use at least 2 even if bedding it into a sandwich of mortar, but I have to say, the phrase "spoiling the ship for a hap'orth* of tar" is coming to mind, but I've no doubt there are others on the forum who have made perfectly satisfactory DPC's out of packets of old freezer bags.

paul

(It’s probably 40 years since I last had to abbreviate 'half-penny-worth' : its spelling seems to be eluding me!)

[cooperlola]

[quote user="Gyn_Paul"] (It’s probably 40 years since I last had to abbreviate 'half-penny-worth' : its spelling seems to be eluding me!)[/quote]http://www.answers.com/topic/do-not-spoil-the-ship-for-a-ha-porth-of-tar

[Dave&Olive]

hi ok

             the method here seems to be add water proofer to the morter for the dampcourse layer of block ????

             Dave