Hi All,
My kitchen floor is bouncy so pulled a few boards and I have quite a bit of moisture and rot. It looks like some floor boards where replaced at some time but nothing was done about airflow so the problem has come back under my ownership. I've been excavating a lot of debris and soil, re-routing pipes buried in concrete and getting sufficient airflow in and around the joists. It's already drying out nicely.
What's left of the sill plate looks to be supported on loose bricks on a soil base with no damp proofing. If I rebuild to the same spec it's likely I could have more damp and rot in the years to come. Is resting the sill plate on bricks which are resting on soil accepted practice? I'm looking for suggestions for a more robust method of supporting the joists when I get around to replacing them.
Cheers.
My kitchen floor is bouncy so pulled a few boards and I have quite a bit of moisture and rot. It looks like some floor boards where replaced at some time but nothing was done about airflow so the problem has come back under my ownership. I've been excavating a lot of debris and soil, re-routing pipes buried in concrete and getting sufficient airflow in and around the joists. It's already drying out nicely.
What's left of the sill plate looks to be supported on loose bricks on a soil base with no damp proofing. If I rebuild to the same spec it's likely I could have more damp and rot in the years to come. Is resting the sill plate on bricks which are resting on soil accepted practice? I'm looking for suggestions for a more robust method of supporting the joists when I get around to replacing them.
Cheers.