Substructure: DPCs and DPMs - installation
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Failure: rising damp; consequential damage to wall and flooring materials and finishes
Defects: DPCs pointed or rendered over; DPCs bridged by mortar droppings; DPMs punctured; DPCs and DPMs not lapped; fill and paving not kept at least 150 mm below DPCs
Originally published in September 1983; minor revisions March 1985.