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I'll be doing a bit more pokng about to establish if there is a big problem or just this little patch. There is no evidence of any damp or moisture on any of the walls or floor, not even above the damp rubble patch.

'Poking around in the floor' is not pointless. Why would they want to put down laminate with carpet underlay?

I mentioned the encased support as its where the old wall was, just to give a perspective. I do have an SDS drill but my plan was to chop back a bit more of the surface, which appears to be a smooth layer added more recently, to see what's underneath. Your idea might be better. Will probably...

I've got a picture of the problem area. It's inset from the original walls, which would have been where the encased steel is on the wall. There is a thin screed on top of a crumbly, black 'concrete'. You can see it by the wall. I'm now wondering if this is just painted on bitumen, if thats how...

A kitchen was fitted not long ago, so until we can see how the whole floor was constructed, digging it all up and fitting UFH isn't an option. They have just bought the house, so the repayments alone are enough!

Im not there at the moment ,but from what I recall, there is a series of holes just below the render line, so a dpm was injected I guess. I thought Deluks was suggesting putting a DPM over the whole floor after digging up the top layer. The outer walls are rendered.

Hmmm, not too keen to dig up the entire ground floor, it was just a matter of levelling out the extension/house join really. I'll chop a bit more out and see what I find. If a DPM wasn't put in back then, why does it need adding now?

Thanks for the quick reply! Infilled cavity is a possibility, might need to chop back some more floor to see whats what. It seems to be a bit further back from the original wall area though. It's the dampness that bothers me most and why it's damp as ithe extension been built for some time...

One of my kids has bought an ex Local Authority house. The previous owners built an extension which was 99% finished when they sold it. Just a bit of floor levelling, paint and flooring to be done. The original house floor and the extension floor are not at the same height, only a few mm here...

I have no trust in HETAS due to my previous dealings with them, they are as useful.as a chocolate teapot. Its not my house but Ill see about getting some pix.

Hi, thanks for that. I have already contacted another installer as I am 100% sure it's a waste of time getting the original bloke back. No wonder he lost his HETAS credentials, but shame on the local council for signing it off. It wasn't even commissioned properly I'm told.

My daughter has just bought a house with recently installed log burner in it. Yesterday a fair amount of water pooled on top and underneath the log burner, so she contacted the installer who said it was normal, his did it too!! Maybe he likes to replace his decor each time, but my daughter...

That'll be the vendors problem unless he sorts it out soon

It's not me that's looking, it's one of my kids and believe me, they're wired to every possible house sale in the area!

It's estate agents talking, so you know they are lying.

Good point, but as they built the house next door and must have used scaffolding, I'm guessing there is space.

It's a game and a house is only worth what someone is willing to pay for it. Then, there is always that mystery interested party that appears with a higher offer than yours, so you did the right thing.

That's what has been done, so just a waiting game now. First it was a hard 'no', but then the agent says she might be able to get the vendor to agree to a lower price. Poker-face time now.

Thanks, that's what I thought.

What are the problems with rendering over plaster? Why is it a no no?