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Rich_G

i have been given some advice from a builder about damp in the kitchen, end of terrace london victoran brick house.

we had a french drain thing put in gravel ditch around the back of the house when we 1st moved in. The new builder is saying the ditch is wrong and is just adding to damp problems as the kitchen has ben dug down ? ( its at ground level not a basement ) and we should have a plinth instead.

there is so much mumbo jumbo about helping a damp house im unsure what to believe anymore. has anyone had similar ??

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NotThamesWater in reply to @Rich_G

What does he mean by plinth?

Ultimately, you just need to have the kitchen separated from any water.

What does a side profile look like (as in this sort of diagram)?

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Rich_G in reply to @NotThamesWater

i think its something like that but unsuitable as it clay but also because cowboys put it in. i think by a plinth he means this

also the builder said neeed to dry the kitchen out as much as possible before work
ill have more of a read up.

i dont want to keep fish in my mini moat

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