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    Need to lay Solid Wd floor over 3 different sub floors HELP

    OK guys! I appreciate that the moisture meter may not be recently calibrated but its all I've got so please bear with me. I have done 3 tests over the past days and the RH has varied dramatically. In the room the figure has varied from 45-75% and the figure below the plastic...
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    Need to lay Solid Wd floor over 3 different sub floors HELP

    Hi mattysupra, Currently the RH meeting in the room (which is open plan with the whole of the ground floor) is 67%. The last meeting taken this morning under the Plastic was 81%. If I use this 60% target I may never get to lay the floor. The plastic method was described to me by the...
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    Need to lay Solid Wd floor over 3 different sub floors HELP

    I think it is an old model. I bought it from a surveyor who was retiring. I have found a similar model BLD7700 but its only available in the US. http://www.professionalequipment.com/protimeter-hygromaster-hygrometer-bld4700/thermo-hygrometers/...
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    Need to lay Solid Wd floor over 3 different sub floors HELP

    OK, I have bought a second hand Protimeter Survey Master for £40 on ebay. It does ambient temperature and Relative humidity so I am ready to go. I have set up a 40cm by 40cm square of clear Viscene taped down with 50mm duct tape to make it air tight. I have placed the protimeter inside and...
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    Need to lay Solid Wd floor over 3 different sub floors HELP

    I'm definitely not going to use them to lay the floor, I was just interested to see how they thought the floor was drying out (because I don't have a hygrometer yet). Unfortunately I wasn't there. it was the girlfriend and she said the moisture meter was black with a curved top and he didn't...
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    Need to lay Solid Wd floor over 3 different sub floors HELP

    Thanks guys. I originally had B&Q come over to quote to lay the solid wood floor because I wanted their opinion on my tiled floor and if it needed levelling. They told me what I knew already, in that I needed to dig the tiles up and put a proper floor down. They then offered to come around...
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    Need to lay Solid Wd floor over 3 different sub floors HELP

    Thanks Woodyoulike. I have been drying the room out with a dehumidifier 24/7 and also by leaving the doors open to create a through draft. The concrete seems to have dried out pretty well. I have emptied around 40 litres of water in a week. However I appreciate that I should be waiting...
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    Need to lay Solid Wd floor over 3 different sub floors HELP

    Thanks 'WoodYouLike'!! I hope you don't mind but what underlay would you recommend? I have not had this floating type floor suggested before. does it have any advantages / disadvantages to glue? By the way, your website is excellent. I need to try and minimise the drying time and...
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    Need to lay Solid Wd floor over 3 different sub floors HELP

    I need to lay a solid wood floor from the front to back of my house. I have a really complicated situation and various builders friends shops have given me completely different advice. I would love to do this myself as quotes have come in around the £1000 mark. It is a small Victorian...
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