Damp bricks below DPC

[savvy7]

Hi, there are a couple of rows of damp bricks below the DPC on one side of my house.

I'm not sure if this is a problem and I'd like to get someone round to have a look at it, but not sure where to start! Can anyone offer any guidance?

Isn't that the whole point of dpc, stops the damp going above it to cause damage but damp below is normal.

That's my understanding anyway.

The bricks look quite wet so are unsightly.

Bricks below the DPC are in contact, via other bricks, with the ground. If the ground is wet, to some extent so will they be. Obviously if you have a leaking drain or gutter that is dumping a lot of water in the ground there, that will need fixing, but it may just be the weather/water table, in which case, if the bricks are dry above the DPC, that's just how it's supposed to work.