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Note to moderator: You have deleted my post in the buildings forum, however this was not a duplicate and I would argue it has been incorrectly deleted! My other post was asking questions specific to a damp problem which forms part of the overall diy issue. Had I askerd the same...

Thanks, I had thought of removing slab putting in dpc then relaying, but wondered if this was avoiding a bigger problem underfloor. Once my new wood floor is laid, access underneath would be a problem

Yes its on an exterior wall of an end terrace

no, the chimney is still there but has been opened up and plasterboarded as an alcove. No damp is coming through the chimney breast walls, only up through the concrete slab which the hearth would have laid on.

Hi, hope someone can help me here. We recently removed laminate flooring in a new property, uncovering wooden floorboards downstairs, and found that where a chimney hearth had once been there was a flush concrete slab. About a quarter of the slab is prone to damp and you can feel moisture...

Hi, hope someone can help me here. We recently removed laminate flooring in a new property, uncovering wooden floorboards downstairs, and found that where a chimney hearth had once been there was a flush concrete slab. About a quarter of the slab is prone to damp and you can feel moisture...

Hi, I hope someone here can help me. I have just accepted a delivery of Lafarge Moisturecheck 15mm plasterboard for boarding out my bathroom. Half the board will be bonded directly onto brick (sealed and primed), and half will be screwed to existing timber frames. When I ordered the board...