by Perry525 »
Sat Jul 07, 2007 6:45 pm
Just think for a moment how many cubic feet of space you are thinking about filling in. Multiply that by about one cwt per cubic foot, think of the cost of buying, transporting and placing all that hard core in a gradually diminishing space and to what purpose?
Turn it on its head. You think you can smell damp at times? It is possible that you can? After all you have a damp cellar under the house. Possibly with a pile of wet rubbish in one corner?
Look at it a different way, a normal house has wet foundations most of the time. Well probably wet up to the dpc. Thats normal. Damp will usually rise through a wall about four feet.
Buy a damp meter for a few pounds check out the walls and joists at cellar ceiling hight if OK clean up the cellar floor the smell will go away. Fit a couple of large air bricks in the cellar on both sides of the house- the suction of the passing wind will sort it. If the ground floor is not insulated do it now.