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    Dehumidifying issues

    We've had the windows open all day today in the whole house. Humidity outside was about 59%, I put the meter outside to check. It's now 9pm and the windows have all been shut for a couple hours now and the meter is reading now 63% inside.
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    Dehumidifying issues

    And mustyness? Are you saying its ok if my humidity meter reads 70-80%, if i am still ventilating the house as much as I can? That doesn't feel right, the healthy range is meant to be 40-60%.
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    Dehumidifying issues

    I have the heating on normally, circa 20 degrees target in the winter. In the summer its not on at all, but I was still seeing humiditiy above 70% alot of the time, which I just am really struggling to reduce. I understand air will be coming in from outside, so is the solution to completely...
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    Dehumidifying issues

    I do try and do that but it's a losing battle continually. If the dehumidifier is downstairs then the upstairs humidity rises, and vice versa. Do I need to be sealing up the house more if using the dehumidifier? All the airbricks, trickle vents etc?
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    Dehumidifying issues

    As I said, there are airbricks already in the bedrooms. We also open the windows regularly, and I have an electrical dehumidifier running continually. It doesn't make sense why I can't get the humidity down.
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    Dehumidifying issues

    Not sure which section to put this. We have a 1930s house, solid brick walls. I am struggling to control the humidity and mould. We have a dehumidifier, on almost all the time and removing 5+ litres of water a day. Yet the humidity gauge won't get below 60-70% I don't understand what is...
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    Depression in floorboards - 10mm across 1.8m span - leveling for laminate floor?

    I wish they were 28-32mm boards - they are about 18mm thick that's all. I used a hand plane (hard work) and maybe got a couple mm of material off. I don't know if I could use SLC anyway as the whole floor appears to slightly slope down front to back. I don't think this is an issue for laminate...
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    Depression in floorboards - 10mm across 1.8m span - leveling for laminate floor?

    Here is what I have been working on today, trying to take some material off the hump near the bay window.
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    Depression in floorboards - 10mm across 1.8m span - leveling for laminate floor?

    I think trying that would create even more issues for me. There is not only a low spot in the centre of the room, there is a hump in the bay window area too, followed by another depression right near the window. Ive been working on that hump today, trying to plane off some material. And by...
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    Depression in floorboards - 10mm across 1.8m span - leveling for laminate floor?

    They aren't nice over the whole room, alot of mismatched colour, damaged edges, cut t&G, plus the levelling issue. Also its noisy with them bare. Heres the whole room:
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    Depression in floorboards - 10mm across 1.8m span - leveling for laminate floor?

    Ok here is where Im at with it. The middle is two layers in places, the outer edge being 3mm. Is 3mm still too much of a step change to fit the laminate floor onto? If so, I need to try and feather it out even thinner somehow, with a material of say 1mm thickness. I have considered...
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    Depression in floorboards - 10mm across 1.8m span - leveling for laminate floor?

    Ok been trying a few things tonight after a trip to B&Q. I have shimmed one of the floorboards which was already cut before so was easy to access. Its lifted the lowest part by around 10mm. Then I have got some 9mm ply from the store, and approx a 400mm square piece of that will almost fill in...
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    Depression in floorboards - 10mm across 1.8m span - leveling for laminate floor?

    I am really reluctant to lift the floorboards more. The area to be 'filled' is 1.2-1.4m wide but to get under to shim or sister I would have to be lifting 3-4m long intact boards. They are old, will likely split, all the T&G will break. At least with wood strip, I can lay it down it sections...
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    Depression in floorboards - 10mm across 1.8m span - leveling for laminate floor?

    @JobAndKnock what if I ever need to get under the floor, repair wiring or heating pipes? That approach would be a nightmare for it. I think Im going to have to try the furring strip approach. Pulling up floorboards to shim the joists will likely result in breakage. If I lay down the strip I can...
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    Depression in floorboards - 10mm across 1.8m span - leveling for laminate floor?

    In order to shim the existing joists under the floorboards, or sister the joists completely, I would need to lift alot more full length floorboards. They are mostly nailed down with the tongue& groove still intact, except for in some places where wiring or central heating pipes have been put...
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    Depression in floorboards - 10mm across 1.8m span - leveling for laminate floor?

    Hi all, Upstairs bedroom, wooden floorboards. Due to the way the floor beams have been constructed near to the chimney breast, a section of the floor is dipped by a max of 15mm in one area, but typically more like 5-10mm, over a span of around 1.8m. I have had the floorboards up in a couple...
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    What are these hinges and where can I get them from?

    Hi all. My girlfriend's Dad asked if I can find these hinges. He is Polish and makes cabinets but can't get them in Poland he says. Any ideas? Thanks.
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    What fixings to screw 6x2 beam to brick wall?

    Overall about 3-4m wide x 3m long. But its awkward - my house has a few internal solid brick walls that I am planning to take advantage of. So on one end there will be a ledger beam screwed onto the party wall, then the joists will run perpendicular with the other end of them sat on top of an...
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    What fixings to screw 6x2 beam to brick wall?

    Loft boards and light storage.
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    What fixings to screw 6x2 beam to brick wall?

    Thanks which size? Timber will be 50mm thick so Im guessing at least 100mm length but what thickness?
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