Recent content by Seanla1

The warm water makes sense, would help if it said on the instructions. I put a 2nd coat around the edges and up the walls then put a sheet dpm over the whole thing in the end. I don't think it's a good idea to use this as dpm on floors just creates problems, a sheet is a far more practical...

Doggit do you have much experience with this blackjack stuff? 1st I tried to mix some with water for primer as per manufacturer instructions and either I done something profoundly dumb or the manufacturer has never actually tried to mix it with water! Basically I ended up with 6 litres of...

But I bet you all know someone who has not been so lucky, it's like everything in life there's a risk not a dead cert. you guys shouldn't be spreading that messing around with asbestos of any form is ok just because your ok.

Liquid dpm - screed - laminate dpm - underlay - boards How's that sound? Cheers Sean

All the skirting is already off in those pics, I'm fitting 167mm skirting so I just haven't painted that far down. That sounds like a plan tho I'm gonna have to screed as I'm laying engineered oak boards on top and the current floor level is way out, it's like they dumped all the material in...

Sure, the gaps are not very big and kinda hard to see on a pic. if I disturb the corners it smells but left alone there's no smell.

What would you recommend? Digging up the floor would be a nightmare because of the stairs and electric/gas cupboard that I've just spent what feels like forever sorting out so ideally would like to avoid it. Cheers Sean

It's just the smell the old stuff I pulled up was dry to the touch. Didn't explain properly the first time my bad, by getting wet over the years I meant someone split a drink it soaks thru dries out but sometimes you still get that smell abit like leaving the washing in the machine too long...

Thanks for the advice, I done some more investigation and in the corners where it's been council bodged in the past you can still see the old floor and it's like course sugar nothing solid about it at all hence the new top layer, my next door neighbor said they had done it years ago in his place...

Hi So in replacing the flooring in my hallway (old laminate) and have just finished removing it and upon doing so noticed that rank damp smell, is this normal? I'm going to level the floor as it's terrible and re-lay oak flooring, now would be the time to sort any issues, from what I can tell...