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I may be off track here, but did the engineering bricks once form a DPM? on an exterior wall has this house been extended? I ask because I saw what looked like black DPM material.
 
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I may be off track here, but did the engineering bricks once form a DPM? on an exterior wall has this house been extended? I ask because I saw what looked like black DPM material.
Hi Phil - the engineering bricks are there because there was an internal wall that turned out to be load bearing so it had 4" blocks sat on the engineering bricks. I have looked at the house plans and it seems the DPM runs under a raft foundation. The engineering bricks run right across the kitchen including where the doorway was. The engineering bricks were exposed in the doorway and it seems they've been mortared over before being tiled over (with the original vinyl put in by the housebuilder). Plus building control had nothing to say about that when they inspected the wall removal and RSJ and they've been a nightmare about DPM in a garage extension. So I'm confident there is no issue there. Do you have other thoughts? (I will start tile tonight or tomorrow so keen to know if you think there's an issue)
 
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Hi Phil - the engineering bricks are there because there was an internal wall that turned out to be load bearing so it had 4" blocks sat on the engineering bricks. I have looked at the house plans and it seems the DPM runs under a raft foundation. The engineering bricks run right across the kitchen including where the doorway was. The engineering bricks were exposed in the doorway and it seems they've been mortared over before being tiled over (with the original vinyl put in by the housebuilder). Plus building control had nothing to say about that when they inspected the wall removal and RSJ and they've been a nightmare about DPM in a garage extension. So I'm confident there is no issue there. Do you have other thoughts? (I will start tile tonight or tomorrow so keen to know if you think there's an issue)
If all is well as you say.Go for it imho, good luck.
 

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Thanks Boggs - how quickly can I tile over a repair mortar? And do you have one you'd recommend?


I use Tilemaster products, I think it’s 90 mins or so.
 

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