Recent content by ChrisWaino19

Hi Woody, Thank you very much for your reply. When you say the ventilation to the underfloor void is inadequate, what do you mean? Do you mean ventilation from the room, to underneath? Or ventilation underneath the floor through the air bricks etc? Also, would you consider this to be a...

Hi, My partner and I bought a property around ten months ago, the property was ridden with damp. I posted an old thread regarding the house in February: //www.diynot.com/diy/threads/damp-floorboards-and-underneath.426317/. Long story short, we had terrible damp and rot throughout the...

Prince, thanks for your reply. There is a damp proof membrane on top of the sleeper wall and under the joists however this ends about 2 metres from the family wall at the back of the photo above - not sure if this is correct or not? Also I cannot tell whether the joists are sitting on a wet...

Thanks for all of the advice! We have a damp proof specialist coming to look at the place tomorrow and give us a diagnosis of the damp as well as a quote for repairs/installation of adequate damp proofing. I have managed to get a few pics of the room in question, below. The new boards...

Damp room

Hi all, We have just bought a property (built c. 1930-1950) and when we ripped the carpet off in the front room, the floorboards were very damp, black (rotting?) and could be kicked through fairly easily. The timber joists underneath were also black, damp and snapped easily as well. Although...