2011 house in Perth. Side paving fall toward the external wall instead of away from it. During rain, water pools against the brickwork with evidence of moisture in the bottom bricks on the inside (bubbling paint)
As you may have noticed, the paving against the wall sits too high and is at level of foundation instead of a course below. The negative gradient then pools any surface runoff onto the brick walls.
The other issue is the downpipes from gutters are discharging directly down to the ground right next to brick walls.
Current setup:
- Pavers on sand/base with weed mat underneath covering the subgrade
- Fence side is slightly higher, house behind it sits on higher level
- Water Corp easement covers almost whole of the side yard, which will limit depth and anything permanent overlying.
- Planning multiple soakwells for downpipe
Looking for ideas of potentially a staged fix of this issue, as can’t really afford a regrade of the full area (~70m2). And not to mention this is not the only side of the house that has paving/grading issue - this just covers the largest area.
Ideally something that can be done at the same time with installation of soakwell. Likely will need to be done with help of contractor.