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I recently paid for a cellar to be tanked/damp proofed (it has a plastic membrane fitted to the walls and floor) my builder then laid some chip board on top of the membrane and i then laid some vinyl flooring on top of that to make it look smarter.
Two days ago a pipe to the thermalstore blew in the cellar and caused a whole load of water to gush out onto the cellar floor. A lot of the vinyl has come loose as the glue has got too wet so I have had to pull it up. Also because the chipboard sits on top of the membrane there is quite a bit of water trapped between the membrane and chipboard so some of the boards near the pipe got very wet.
Now I can try and hire a pump to get rid of the water and hopefully the floor will eventually dry out. However, I'm not sure if I would be wasting my time here because if the chipboard has got too wet, I assume it will eventually rot and breakdown, resulting in me having to replace it anyway. I'd rather not have to replace the chipboard as I'm worried about piercing the membrane that sits below it to keep the damp out of the cellar. That would invalidate the warranty for the membrane then
Any advice/thoughts much appreciated. Thank you
I recently paid for a cellar to be tanked/damp proofed (it has a plastic membrane fitted to the walls and floor) my builder then laid some chip board on top of the membrane and i then laid some vinyl flooring on top of that to make it look smarter.
Two days ago a pipe to the thermalstore blew in the cellar and caused a whole load of water to gush out onto the cellar floor. A lot of the vinyl has come loose as the glue has got too wet so I have had to pull it up. Also because the chipboard sits on top of the membrane there is quite a bit of water trapped between the membrane and chipboard so some of the boards near the pipe got very wet.
Now I can try and hire a pump to get rid of the water and hopefully the floor will eventually dry out. However, I'm not sure if I would be wasting my time here because if the chipboard has got too wet, I assume it will eventually rot and breakdown, resulting in me having to replace it anyway. I'd rather not have to replace the chipboard as I'm worried about piercing the membrane that sits below it to keep the damp out of the cellar. That would invalidate the warranty for the membrane then
Any advice/thoughts much appreciated. Thank you