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Does anybody have experience of using Nicobond Multiflo Base Screed? I have recently had a garage floor levelled using this, but I'm wondering if there may be a problem with it. Starting point was a 15 sq. m rough concrete floor that varied in level by up to 1cm. Prior to application of the...

This problem concerns a newly laid base for a timber garage, as attached diagram. The garage base just inside the brick course is damp, which I assume is water soaking through the mortar underneath the brick course. A solution suggested to me is to waterproof the base outside the garage...

Thanks to all of the above. I have a much better idea of what needs to be done now.

That solution looks ideal, but there are a couple of details I didn't mention that complicate things. Because the garden slopes, I had in mind that the side retaining walls would step down (approx 1m to 0 from back to front) just above ground level, rather than a constant height, and the garage...

I would appreciate some advice on damp-proofing a new concrete base for a wooden garage. As the ground where the base is to be positioned slopes up towards the rear of the base, I need a retaining wall on 3 sides. Does a dpm need to be fitted as in the diagram, or have I carried it too far...

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