This weekend we finally got to install the dimple board and started to fill in the trench. This job has been going on for over a year so it’s fantastic that it’s finally coming to an end. It will be great to get our driveway and path around the house back again!
The dimple board being plastic protects the wall from moisture in the ground and its 5/16″ dimples, which face towards the wall, allow the wall to breathe (important for our lime mortar walls) and moisture to condensate outwards so it falls by gravity to our foundation drain.
I’m really pleased I came across this product as it’s the perfect solution for our house. We bought ours from the fine people at DIY Basement Solutions who provided excellent customer service on numerous occasions, thank you Andy.
Before we could add the dimple board I realised that we needed shuttering around the side of the house to contain the gravel. This meant removing a decent amount of gravel so I could pull back the geo-textile fabric, hence why the video is rather long.
Warning: may contain butt crack.
I had planned on wrapping the dimple board around the house horizontally and then trimming it to hight once we had backfilled but on the day for some reason I changed my mind and added a slope to it, bit risky as we’d only know if I got the angle right once it had been fully installed and if I got it wrong we’d have to take it all off and re-position it. As it turned out I think we were lucky and we got it right the first time. We’ll still have to trim it back in parts but it’s easy to cut with scissors. You’ll also noticed that we wrapped the board over the footings to further direct water away from the wall. To seal the top edge of the board we also bought some top caps which we’ll add towards the end.
All in all a great product and easy to install and I doubt we’ll ever have any issues with damp in the future. Loved the attachment plugs. Huge physical job overall but this will help keep the house dry for another century.
Last picture is of a female Downy woodpecker, there were two of them playing a few feet away but I couldn’t get a good shot of both of them.
I am not a robot. Whoops wrong window.
That’s either an Irish woodpecker, or one of those metal beaked ones that can destroy block ball. Not sure he’ll find anything tasty unless he’s trying to get high on old paint.
Your work looks excellent as always.
Not long now!
Ha ha!! Thanks Ian, slow and steady, that’s us!!!!