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can you have a damp proof course under Quarry tiles

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PostPosted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 12:09 pm    Post Subject:
can you have a damp proof course under Quarry tiles
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I have had a water pipe leek under a quarry tiled floor icon_cry.gif ,it has been fixed and now the insurance company are going to fix the damage caused by the leek icon_lol.gif .The house is a hundred years old and has no damp proof under the floor.I have been told that they might take up the floor, put in a damp proof course and lay a concrete floor to then carpet. I want to keep the Quarry tiles because they are in keeping with the house. Can they put a damp proof course in and then lay the Quarry tiles again or can't you have damp proof under quarry tiles. I feel they are doing what would be easier and cheaper.
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PostPosted: Mon Apr 24, 2006 12:09 am    Post Subject:
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The need or desire for a DPM has nothing to do with the floor covering.

However, you might find that damp rises through a concrete oversite and screed and affects a carpet but not a tiled floor.

Bear in mind also that damp can rise between the slab and the wall, which is the reason that modern Building Regulations stipulate that any membrane is joined to the DPC in the wall.
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THANKS VERY MUCH icon_biggrin.gif , I WILL TELL INSURANCE COMPANY THAT I WOULD LIKE DAMP PROOF PUT UNDER THE QUARRY TILES WHEN THEY ARE LAYED.
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PostPosted: Mon May 01, 2006 10:03 pm    Post Subject:
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Rather than stipulate a detail like that, I suggest that you require the repairs to be done in accordance with the current Building Regulations.
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