concrete floor repairs

Good morning, I am looking for some advice regarding my proposed solution to repair a 1920's concrete floor. The internal concrete floor is about 2 courses above the DPC. Consequently, the DPC was being bridged causing damp. I have dug a 6" trench around the perimeter of the room, to...

Hi all, Your help and guidance would really be appreciated. I have removed a wooden plank that sat up against the door frame between that and my flooring inside my patio door (is this called threshold?) and found that who ever originally installed it made a bit of a mess. I hasten to add this...

Hi all, looking for some advice with a garage suffering from damp and mould. the garage wasn’t used for storing a car when we moved in and that’s never changed. It had a carpet down and a condenser tumble dryer, fridge freezer, a bench and some free weights and other random things stored out...

I have a bathroom floor which is above the garage. It is a row of hard concrete formers with about a 5cm deep screed on top, then tiles on top of that. For reasons I won't go into, I decided to take up the floor tiles, and I then discovered that my hot and cold water pipes are running diagonally...

I have a garage which is attached to the main house, this is being used as a utility room/storage area. Recently I noticed hard black ball shapes coming from the carpet, I looked into this and formed the opinion this was caused because of damp. I pulled up the thin carpet tiles and noticed that...

Hi everyone, I am having a bit of a nightmare removing all dust from my concrete floor surface because the floor is bumpy I can't hoover. Below is pictures, I need to patch up the holes first before applying the self levelling compound. Please could anyone help me regarding the following...

Hi all, I have lived in my a 1950's semi for 20 years and finally decided to investigate the cause of the small patches on walls and raised carpet. No mould, just shading of a few places on walls that haven't really changed in the years but as I decorated at the beginning of the year with a...

I have removed the carpet from my parents house with the intention of installing Oak flooring. I came across this problem, the screed has crumbled and when removed discovered this insulation covering copper central heating pipe, obviously I like to fill it before installing floor but not sure...