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I’m having a log burner put in in less than 4 weeks with slate hearth.
Whole house is being renovated but having fireplace and burner done first.
I removed the old laminate and underlay to expose the thermoplastic tiles, removed the tiles (wore mask and PPE), and the screed underneath is cracked deeply right through.
Concrete floor has superficial cracking but nothing like the screed.
One thing I can’t understand is, while this seems like the original floor screed, and the bitumen adhesive was the old style DPM… there was this other asbestos tile wedged in the middle of the screed in one small area.
What should I do?
Rip out all the old screed, lay new plastic DPM sheeting, and re-screed, or should I just fill the cracks with mortar, and pour self levelling compound over it all?
Screed is only 20mm by the way, so lifting it isn’t going to yield useful space for insulation or anything.
Cheers.
Whole house is being renovated but having fireplace and burner done first.
I removed the old laminate and underlay to expose the thermoplastic tiles, removed the tiles (wore mask and PPE), and the screed underneath is cracked deeply right through.
Concrete floor has superficial cracking but nothing like the screed.
One thing I can’t understand is, while this seems like the original floor screed, and the bitumen adhesive was the old style DPM… there was this other asbestos tile wedged in the middle of the screed in one small area.
What should I do?
Rip out all the old screed, lay new plastic DPM sheeting, and re-screed, or should I just fill the cracks with mortar, and pour self levelling compound over it all?
Screed is only 20mm by the way, so lifting it isn’t going to yield useful space for insulation or anything.
Cheers.
