We have two 17th century cottages attached to our village hall that we rent out. Both have recently been refurbished including internal insulation, gas CH, new kitchens carpets etc.
Like a lot of older properties the bathroom is on the ground floor off the kitchen and both rooms have old quarry tile floors. I suspect there are on concrete over-site with little or no DPM.
To improve the floor we had the quarry tiles covered with self levelling compound and laid a one piece length of vinyl through both kitchen and bathroom without any joins.
Unfortunately the tenant is now complaining that he vinyl floor has "bubbled/rucked" up in several places. I suspect this is water vapour coming up through the quarry tiles and unable to escape due to vinyl acting as a barrier.
The ideal would be to lay a floating insulated floor and new vinyl finish but that would men ripping out the newly installed kitchen and bathroom, plus the ceiling height is very low and door thresholds level with floor.
Could we re-lay a moisture breathable vinyl or perhaps vinyl tiles that may allow trapped vapour to escape between joints? Failing that something radical like rush matting????
Any advice would be appreciated as although we are keen to satisfy the tenants concerns the amount of money already spent on these cottages has almost bankrupt the charity.
Fozzie Bear
Like a lot of older properties the bathroom is on the ground floor off the kitchen and both rooms have old quarry tile floors. I suspect there are on concrete over-site with little or no DPM.
To improve the floor we had the quarry tiles covered with self levelling compound and laid a one piece length of vinyl through both kitchen and bathroom without any joins.
Unfortunately the tenant is now complaining that he vinyl floor has "bubbled/rucked" up in several places. I suspect this is water vapour coming up through the quarry tiles and unable to escape due to vinyl acting as a barrier.
The ideal would be to lay a floating insulated floor and new vinyl finish but that would men ripping out the newly installed kitchen and bathroom, plus the ceiling height is very low and door thresholds level with floor.
Could we re-lay a moisture breathable vinyl or perhaps vinyl tiles that may allow trapped vapour to escape between joints? Failing that something radical like rush matting????
Any advice would be appreciated as although we are keen to satisfy the tenants concerns the amount of money already spent on these cottages has almost bankrupt the charity.
Fozzie Bear