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We were/are planning to lay laminate flooring down which needs a DPM to be used. Will this affect the drying out process??

OK had the surveying done last week, they dug 4 large holes in 2 rooms around the house - still trying to get rid of the dust! It turns out that the concrete was much thinner (less than 100mm) in the center of the rooms than at the edges. So it looks like they need to relay the entire...

No, not rubish tip. I think the land for the development used to be part of a farm. I can sort of remember knocking around them when much, much younger.

Update... The surveyor came and was not happy at all with the cracks. Next step will be to take core samples from various parts of the flooring and look at the concrete composition, reasons for the cracking etc.... This should be done in the next couple of weeks. He wouldn't confirm or...

The surveyor is comming tomorrow night. He has been sent by the housebuild so I will be interetsed to see what he says. We are thinking about getting our own surey done as well. There's no cracks on the outside wall I'll update with the surveyors comments on Monday. thanks for all the...

Hello all, My house is around 7years old and I have just lifted the carpets , ready to put down laminate, in lounge and found a number of cracks in the concrete floor. After further investigation I have found that these run the full width of the house. The worse of the cracks is around...

Hi All, I am in the process of selecting flooring to use in our living/dining room and would appreicate any feedback. In the past I have used the "Richard Burbridge" connectII, which was OK but the joints between sections could be seen. I am also looking at the AquaLoc from B&Q and the...