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I'm now 2 months down the road, I purchased the house with the wet floor and yesterday started ripping up the floorboards to investigate the source of the wetness. It was 100% from the top down , I.e something spilt on the floor, not some issue from below coming up. Based on the rank smell of...

Not used Hardie boards but have used nomoreply boards, which is essentially the same stuff. I used board adhesive, after priming wall and boards, as per their instruction leaflet, see page 12 (http://www.sts-uk.com/amfilerating/file/download/file_id/4/). If you need to make any fiddly or...

They would go on before the tanking product but I wonder why you'd need them on the floor, unless you are expecting it to get very wet. What flooring are you putting down over the ply and if you've not installed the ply yet have you considered using cement boards instead? I recent refurbished...

That could be a possibility Mike10. The hallway tiles are particularly clean compared to the rest of the property. The ceiling is not damaged in that room. I do think it has been caused by something being spilt on the carpet as this is the only room where the floor covering has been removed.

I could defiantly feel a difference in the moisture content of the boards John. I'd say they are moist rather than wet. JohnD ther is no evidence of a leak from either the kitchen, located next to the room where I took the photos. The bathroom has at some point in time leaked throught the...

Thank for the reply John. I don't know how long the carpets have been up. I've just taken a look at the photos taken for the sales broucher and there looks to be slightly less damp now than approx 1 month ago when the photos would have been taken. The house is not heated at present so any...

My first post and hoping someone can help. I'm in the process of purchasing a 3 bed semi that requires total refurbishment throughout. The work invloved does not concern me as I'm pretty handy at most jobs but there is one thing that is concerning me a little with the property. For background...