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Thread: Damp-proof course methods...
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10th August 2006, 08:21 AM #1
Damp-proof course methods...
Hi,
What are the different methods of damp-proof coursing available?
Any opinions on the simplest and most cost-effective way to do this?
Doing a search on the forum revealed a product called Techdry, someone mentioned a $600 cost to damp-proof a whole house using this product...
I have also heard of the Trojan waterproofing system, but donīt know much about this or the costs involved...
Any comments appreciated...
GSJ
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14th August 2006, 06:26 AM #2
Bump
Anyone put a new dampcourse in their property before?
GSJ
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14th August 2006, 07:43 AM #3
Apprentice Carpenter
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Usually when putting a DPC down its a embossed black polythene plastic, looks like black plastic but its alot thicker, or you can use bituminous coated non-ferrous metal like copper or aliminium. It also depends if your house is or will timber cladding or brick veneer.
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14th August 2006, 09:31 AM #4
GSJ
you may want to specify that it's a retrofit dampcourse you're looking at rather than fitting a dampcourse to a structure as you're building it.
Shaun04
due to a variety of reasons - inadequate technology/knowledge way back when or dodgy practices in the recent past, lots of buildings don't have any/an adequate DPC. There's quite a few "cures", some of them probably no better than snake oil.
Mick"If you need a machine today and don't buy it,
tomorrow you will have paid for it and not have it."
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