Backfilled against my new extension wall

[Darth Vader]

Housing Association have filled up a void against Dwarf wall (with soil and gravel) against my new extension ( above the damp course 3 ft high up the wall..
Should they have left if and will it cause damp

 

[Murdochcat]

That is a sure going to give you a damp problem

 

[Koolpc]

Anything above the DPC like that is going to show up eventually. That needs sorting asap...

 

[23vc]

I’m trying to work out the setup there, 900mm step in ground levels ? What was there before

 

[noseall]

Housing Association have filled up a void against Dwarf wall (with soil and gravel) against my new extension ( above the damp course 3 ft high up the wall..
Should they have left if and will it cause damp

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On a modern extension? Possibly not, no.

However - bloody cheek!

 

[JohnD]

Who does it belong to?

 

[Darth Vader]

I’m trying to work out the setup there, 900mm step in ground levels ? What was there before

Between the 2 properties there was my original fence.was When we had the extension built my 2 fence panels were replaced with the extension just inside my boundary. On neighbours side they had the housing association build a 900 Mm wall on there side of my fence 20 years ago
( so there was a 6inch wide empty void )
Neighbour decided to fill this void up against my extension wall and gravel boards and had the housing association build a fence between on top of wall = 8ft
(Last week )
Ground levels are same level both sides with a slight gradient on my side

 

[Darth Vader]

 

[Darth Vader]

They have put a 6ft fence on top of that 2ft dwarf wall

 

[23vc]

Bonkers of them to do that, but as said, assuming it’s a correctly built cavity wall it’s probably going to be ok

 

[Cheslea2010]

This will cause damp hands down. They shouldn't be doing anything that touches your property. Backfill that has breached the boundary needs rectifying.

 

[Ivor Windybottom]

Sounds like a lesson in learning not to build right up to your boundary. You're at their mercy.

You'd need some patient use of a trowel to get that lot out now, after removing their fence.

But... it will fill up with something - dead leaves, dead birds, moss, whatever. If it's all or mostly gravel then it may be beneficial.

I'm guessing you would have unfinished pointing facing them, against the old wall where it was inaccessible when built, so they felt the need to cover it up. I had a neighbour built a garden wall before I moved in, just left dribbling slops hanging out on my side. If I'd been your neighbour and you'd talked to me I'd have said just get rid of the old wall and point it down to the ground, then have nothing there. But it's more complicated as there's a housing association involved.

I don't think there's a good solution, perhaps what they've done is the best anyone could do given that you built an exposed empty cavity that would have been ugly on their side if they'd removed the old wall.