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Hi Mr Chibs, Thanks for your thoughts. It has provoked some thoughts on my side. In reply to your points : Mine is on a solid concrete floor, and I was advised to use it... being honest I pulled a face as I hadn’t realised the extra cost. I thought my floor (in the extension) was solid...

Hi Mr Chibs, Just to add to my previous post, the Ditra matting (in the hall only) was Durabase CI matting. How long was the screed left to dry? The screed in the extension was put down on Friday 13 Mar 2020 and allowed to dry for 2 weeks. However, I don't think the floor tiling started to...

Hi, I spoke with the builder and he has confirmed the steps they went through were : 1. Block and beam floor put down 2. UFH heating pipework installed 3. Anhydrite quick-drying screed poured – allowed to dry 4. Scraped off and brushed off the laitance 5. Primed the surface...

Hi Mr Chibs! Thanks for your reply. It was a liquid screed that went down over the extension floor. It was a quick-drying one - the slow drying one was going to take weeks to dry and we had a kitchen scheduled for delivery. I didn't monitor the work too closely (I'm an bumbling DIY-er myself...

Hi all, We've had an extension built with 600mm x 600mm floor tiles laid through from the hall into the extension. In the hall, the tiles are laid on a suspended wooden floor with underfloor heating between the joists, chipboard across the joists and Ditra matting. However, the tiles have...

Hi all, We moved into a 1974-built detached house last year. The ground floor all seems to be suspended timber joists with floorboards. It is very bouncy to walk across and generally slopes down from the walls to the middle of the rooms. I'm considering removing the timber floor and having...