Recent content by kpk2000

Thanks for advice - all sensible points. We have 16 litres per minute measured from the kitchen sink.

Recently moved house (4 bed/2 bath) and has 10 year old inefficient Potterton system boiler in downstairs utility with a hot water vented cylinder in upstairs airing cupboard and cold water tanks in loft. Hot water pressure is very low (particularly in shower) so investigating options including...

Had problems with flaking/cracking paint in small section on one wall in toilet room. Was intending to fill but ended up stripping the whole wall of paint back to plaster. Now unsure about prep for painting due to plaster. Wall looks like its been tiled upto halfway in past. Plaster on...

Spoke to a surveyor this afternoon. Not original one due to sickness but same firm. Reassured that properties in area mainly problematical from 50's and early 60's - "wouldn't touch a property from then with a barge pole"!. Seemed very confident that a property of that age should have a 'good'...

Spoke to a surveyor this afternoon. Not original one due to sickness but same firm. Reassured that properties in area mainly probletical from 50's and early 60's - "wouldn't touch a property from then with a barge pole"!. Seemed very confident that a property of that age should have a 'good'...

Just had solicitor confirm that the house was built in 1973. Would this make it any less likely that the problem was red ash/sulphate attack?

Does anyone have any clue (or experience) as to how much a sulphate test? Also how long will the results take to get?

I know its a bit vague and there are lots of unknowns, but very roughly how much would this problem cost to fix. You mentioned upwards of 20k Its a 3 bed semi with an integral garage. Just after a very rough indication so I can put some sums together in my head!

We have had a homebuyers survey - not much more than a valuation but at least it is a little more detailed. The survey says that that the kitchen floor, which is also laminate, "feels level underfoot". What is the likelihood of the the living room only being affected in your experience...

No problems with the mortgage yet. The surveyor has valued the house at its purchase price and recommends the house as security for the mortgage. I've heard from family that other houses on the next estate have suffered from sulphate attack but ours was built 20-30 years later. I assume the...

Buying a house and just received the survey back. The surveyor worries about possible sulphate attack. The house is in an old mining area (ended 1965). He wants to find out exactly when the house was built because he comments on 'uneven laminate floor downstairs'. Done a bit of research and...