Hi,
One side of my house has (stupidly) had the driveway built up to be level with two airbricks. I've only recently moved in but given the past couple of days rain there's 100% water getting in the airbricks. Downstairs floors are suspended/tiled so I can't see how bad things are under them but there's no signs of any damp. Interestingly one airbrick looks full of internal cavity wall beads - so maybe it doesn't drain straight through to floor space.
I do want to get this fixed though before it causes a problem, would the following be sensible?
* Remove 15-20cm of bricks from the wall
* fit a french drain along the trench
* connect to guttering down pipe at the far end
* cover with very small gravel/shingle
If that sounds sensible, who would I speak to for this kind of thing? A Builder or landscape gardener maybe? It's only few meters long so hopefully not a huge job but no idea who to approach.
This is what it looks like - the wood is just a failed attempt to cover during rain
One side of my house has (stupidly) had the driveway built up to be level with two airbricks. I've only recently moved in but given the past couple of days rain there's 100% water getting in the airbricks. Downstairs floors are suspended/tiled so I can't see how bad things are under them but there's no signs of any damp. Interestingly one airbrick looks full of internal cavity wall beads - so maybe it doesn't drain straight through to floor space.
I do want to get this fixed though before it causes a problem, would the following be sensible?
* Remove 15-20cm of bricks from the wall
* fit a french drain along the trench
* connect to guttering down pipe at the far end
* cover with very small gravel/shingle
If that sounds sensible, who would I speak to for this kind of thing? A Builder or landscape gardener maybe? It's only few meters long so hopefully not a huge job but no idea who to approach.
This is what it looks like - the wood is just a failed attempt to cover during rain