You'll probably find most the people on here that try to give advise are cowboy builders seaking advice and work them selves :)
I would suggest if your like me and confident enough to have a go then do a little more research, get a decent damp detector, a tarpoline and rope and have a go...
Right so tie it into the extensions damp course sounds logical just need confirmation thankyou,
now how about the old wall, sorry for going on, shall I fit the damp course in between the underside of the stone an the soil there for forcing majority of the damp below the course or is there a...
Sounds like a plan, so membraine down on to present floor and screed over at about 75mm.
Do I need to tuck it inbetween the bottom of the old wall and soil layer or leave enough so it sits flush up against the wall, and also would I need to cut down to the original damp proof layer going...
Hi,
Previous owners decided to put a nice extension on a 100+ year old house and done a lousy job of the floor in the extension.
The screed floor of the extension sits lower than the foundation of the old house (which is soil) So I have a 1inch layer of wet soil at the bottom of the adjoin...