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If I take the bath out and remove the flooring under that there would be maybe 2ft x 6ft areas strips on either side of the bathroom that are still saturated. The partion with the door in I could manage to work with. Would leaving those 2 relatively small areas be OK?

The plaster board I have removed just breaks off in handfuls so I assume it is the same under the walls, I can see and feel where the damage ends. I have thought about what I could get away with leaving but I can't see the plasterboard ever recovering to what it was before and would take ages to...

OK can you come and help?! I think I'm going to start the claim again and get someone in to do it. Thanks for your advice

PB would be easier to use and I can do other things to try to stop anything like this happening again. Doesn't the PB need to have as few joints as possible to retain its fire rating? I can't see how I'll be able to slide it under the partition, mostly the last layer of chipboard. Won't it be...

They didn't lift up any of the floor to quote. I agree a cement board would be best. I don't know if it will be possible to remove it all from under the partitions and then be able to get 3 layers back underneath? Even in smallish sections at a time. It might be a demolition job which is more...

The insurers have not specified anything. I had a large firm to quote for the job before I decided to do it myself and all they were expecting was chipboard...

I had a substantial leak in my 1st floor flat. I am doing the remedial work myself under insurance. After lifting some flooring I have discovered 2 layers of 12mm plasterboard under the chipboard which is saturated and has spread quite far including under partitions. Its turning into a...