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It doesn't feel like there is much air movement in the sub-floor void, even if I put my hand next to the air brick. The airbrick is actually just a grate that is fixed in the render that runs about a foot up from the ground. It also just feels a bit damp in the void. You mention a Radon fan - I...

Hi All, I am concerned about subfloor ventilation in my Victorian terraced house. The distance between airbricks at the front and back of the house is about 7.5m but there are loads of dwarf walls in between that are not honeycombed. I don't really fancy altering them. Could I install a quiet...

Hi, Has anyone had any experience of using a floor levelling solution similar to EcoPearls / Cemwood? I am looking to install a floating engineered wood floor over my floorboards, but the room (7.5m x 3.8m) dips heavily in the middle and is uneven in many places. I will get a laser level guide...

How do I do this? Can I just buy some ready mix concrete, mix it up and pour it into a frame (wood with ply sides lined with DPM)? Do I need to dig out a base in the earth and put some hardcore and sand in? Thanks

I'm not sure. A few of the joists look abit ragged at the bottom, and the wall plate sitting on the dwarf wall doesn't look great. I am going to sister a couple of the joists that have bowed. Do you think it's acceptable to stick a couple of breeze blocks or bricks under the joists mid-span...

It's the opposite of flat. Joists have cupped/bowed in places and I'm not sure the floor will take c. 400kg for my aquarium...

I live in an old house, built around 100 years ago. Ripped up some old laminate flooring downstairs because I wanted to replace it, and thought maybe I could try and make the floor more even below because I want a 240-litre aquarium to go in the corner of the room. Is it a suspended timber...