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There is actually a gulley in that corner, below patio level. I found this buried below a patio tile a few weeks ago and a drain company came out to unblock it and raise the cover (per picture). The gulley is for rain water from a gutter only. I spoke to them again on Friday and they suggested...

Yep these two walls are external walls. House is around 1950

Hi all An update on this. I spoke with the manufacturer for the latex floor leveller and they advised me that the smell was due to the floor being unsealed. They then recommended I use a primer/sealer of theirs over the top to seal the floor. This mostly resolved the issue. I now need help...

Interesting point - the builder left the bags outside for 2 days when temperatures were about 10 degrees. I got tired of him waiting and then moved the entire pallet inside.

Thanks bud, and was it odorless? I'll try a smash at this floor now to see how brittle it is, if it is.

Plan is to tile over it, but I'm reluctant to start any of that until I know what is going on with this. That image you attached, what leveller is that?

Further to the above, attaching images...

There shouldn't be any damp, unless they'd somehow wet the concrete floor first before laying the leveller. The room had been skimmed about a week earlier but it should have been dry. I'll go grab a picture shortly. It is mostly grey in colour but definitely doesn't have a consistent grey...

The sub floor was concrete. The builders may have left some old tile adhesive on a small area (maybe 1sqm). Overall room size is 16sqm. I am guessing it will be approx 15 years old (if I remember correctly as to when the prior owners built the extension).

Thank you, I'd seen that too but wondered if anybody else here was also familiar with the issue or experienced it. Thank you!

I think it is most definitely the SLC giving off the smell now. The smell started after the floor was laid. We later suspected it was the waste pipe but have just completed excavation work to have this moved outside (and now the sink/dishwasher waste pipes will be fed through the wall to the...

Good morning and a very Happy New Year to all. I'm new here and in need of some help/advice. I've seen similar threads but the outcome has been different... Background: - A builder we were using to redo our kitchen (note he's now been sacked!) used the "Ultra Tile Fix ProLevel One Floor...