0 a layer of material that is put in the bottom of a wall in order to stop water from rising through the bricks
Be very careful that the main wall is laid on a good and efficient damp course.
Modern methods enable damp courses to be put into these houses.
I know a town where they might as well put brown paper into the damp courses of the houses they have built as the stuff that is being put in.
I have seen damp three feet high on the walls of houses because no proper damp course had been put in.
There should be a standard type of damp course.
It will last immeasurably longer than any synthetic damp course.
He said that the houses would be unfit if they had no damp course.
Surely we should recognise that, today, television is as important as a damp course or a roof on a house.
