Concrete house - no DPC - what paint to use on bottom of wall?

[glerwill]

Hi, I live in a poured twin leaf concrete house. There is no dpc because of the type of construction. The house came with a black stripe along the bottom of each wall, which I assume is bitumen or similar paint to resist water splashes when it rains.

I'm painting the house in b and q '15 year's masonry paint. I think I still need to protect the bottom of the wall, but dont want to use bitumen/black paint.

What paint should I use please?

Graham

 

[Deleted member 292770]

The bitumen is still on there and you want to cover it with a different colour?

 

[glerwill]

Yes, the bitumen paint is still on and still intact, and yes I'd like to cover it with the valspar masonry paint, and yes I'd prefer not to have a black coloured paint at the bottom of the house!

Thank you for replying - at 100 views and no replies I got to wondering a bit!

I'd like to understand the logic of the bitumen band as well - could you explain or point me at a source please?

Graham