damp floor

Hello all, Wondering if this is something I can attempt to sort myself or whether I might need to get the pros in. We are in a new build and it's around 3 years old. Developers have scarpered and are non responsive on a number of issues but I don't have the time/energy to chase and would...

I'm about to start a project to replace flooring in dining room House is circa 90 years old. Underneath the wooden flooring is a thin underlay, underneath this are vinyl floor tiles, below the tiles is about 10mm of what looks like red clay. This is damp and below this is the concrete floor...

Hi all, hoping to get some help with a damp problem with a flat roofed extension. The damp is coming up through the floor board. I think it is a beam and block construction. I cut a hole in the floor board to have a look and found the concrete under the dpm to be very rough, possibly puncturing...

Hello, I took out the plasterboard and seen some damp on timbers.. what would be the best solution for this? Wall then 3 timbers, single wall. Noticed some damp on the other side

Hello everyone, I’m new to this forum. We’re moving into a 1930s semi detached very soon. We found a crack in the concrete floor in the downstairs loo. It’s quite wet. I attached pictures of it here. Any ideas what we could do about it? We were thinking of tiling the floor in there. Should we...

Hi, hope you guys can help. I’m converting a detached garage to a liveable space and not sure what to do on the concrete floor for least disruption. I have used a rubberised liquid for the walls a d gone about a meter up (there is a dpc so this is probably overkill) and onto the floor about...

Hi, I’ve got this really small utility room I’m building a diy riser in, to raise the washing machine up a little. The room has recently been carpeted and I’ve read online about being careful or cautious in case of any possible unforeseen leaks from the machine. The carpet is underlaid and all...

Hi, My doorstep looks a bit cracked, the floor behind is a bit damp. I'm wondering if I should fill the crack, if so with what ? Also it looks like sandstone maybe ? Should I seal it ,paint it or something to make it more weather proof ? Thanks