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Just to add that the living room is predominantly the only room on the ground floor that was part of the original building which was extended substantially in the 70s

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I bought a house with a musty damp smell. 2 damp specialists said my walls were dry and the smell was condensation. I left all the windows and doors open for a few weeks, cleared the house of all flooring etc and put down plastic sheeting everywhere both as a moisture and a dust barrier. Pulling bac...

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I have finished taking up the flooring in my flat. When I first saw it the slope on the floor made it look like it had bad settlement when in fact it was just badly laid flooring. What I have noticed is that despite the floor being perfectly level It feels like you are walking downwards but another ...

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I think because of the layout it wouldn’t be practical. The hallway isn’t large enough to not end up with stepping down and then up again when walking between rooms. I would worry about it being a potential trip hazard I was hoping that there was some ultra thin insulation that had the same effect a...

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I have a concrete foundation slab base. Looking at putting down insulation but everywhere it says this should be 70mm thick then on top of to put tongue and groove chipboard. However I don’t have 70mm of height between the door into the flat and the slab base. It is more like 35mm. Is there a thinne...

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Anyone know of a good pipe and wire locator Judging by the direction of the bit of pipe that was under the hall way floor I think they have run the pipe work across the middle of the floors as well Fortunately my son trained as a plumber. He said he would help with the plumbing if I made sure there ...

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Started to chip away at the gap where I could see floorboards and managed to get a couple up thinking I might find a cellar or joists only to find what I think is the actual concrete base and some wiring that was laid without protection on top of the floorboards and then concrete poured over. I thin...

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Interesting about the cellar idea. I thought I had remove every layer in one of the rooms that sloped but found there was one more layer to go. Having removed that layer I have found a bit at the lowest end of the room where there is a definite hole where the concrete slab looks like it finishes and...

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Just bought a new place and I knew it had damp issues and 2 sloping and bulging floors which I thought would be levelled by taking up the floor and replacing what I thought would be rotten joists and reinstating the air bricks I ended up taking off 8 different types of flooring that some one has lai...

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