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Hi all
Can anyone help me?
We have recently bought a 1950s house that needs everything.
On the ground floor (under carpet) are hardwood floors like parquet but in small batches of 3 fingers about 10mm thick. These are stuck to the floor with what looks like bitchumen at first glance. A fair amount of the hardwood pieces are loose, broken or completely detached. So I'm looking to replace it all with a new solid wood floor.
I have looked online and gather that in the 50s bitchumen was used on concrete floors as a moisture barrier or dpc and the hardwood floor stuck to it . I've read that you can't cover the existing floor with a new wood floor if there is a risk of moisture being present and the bitchumen perished as the moisture will come up and rot the new floor!!
I've looked at what we think is the bitchumen and it appears to be in black squares and not poured as I thought it may be for the 50s. See pics.
Can anyone identify the black stuff in the pics.
Anyone have a similar experience with this and re flooring over it.
Thanks
Scaff
Can anyone help me?
We have recently bought a 1950s house that needs everything.
On the ground floor (under carpet) are hardwood floors like parquet but in small batches of 3 fingers about 10mm thick. These are stuck to the floor with what looks like bitchumen at first glance. A fair amount of the hardwood pieces are loose, broken or completely detached. So I'm looking to replace it all with a new solid wood floor.
I have looked online and gather that in the 50s bitchumen was used on concrete floors as a moisture barrier or dpc and the hardwood floor stuck to it . I've read that you can't cover the existing floor with a new wood floor if there is a risk of moisture being present and the bitchumen perished as the moisture will come up and rot the new floor!!
I've looked at what we think is the bitchumen and it appears to be in black squares and not poured as I thought it may be for the 50s. See pics.
Can anyone identify the black stuff in the pics.
Anyone have a similar experience with this and re flooring over it.
Thanks
Scaff