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Hello! Is anybody able to confirm what wood these early Victorian floorboards are? I'm guessing pine but a friend suggested they could be elm...

Hi jonbey, the house is new to us but was actually built in the 1840s! We did think it was strange that the sheet stopped before the wall, and it does seem quite thin. If it's not a proper damproof membrane, do you think it's best to take the whole lot up or could we add some type of epoxy...

We have just lifted up the floor in our dining room to investigate the cause of rotting skirting boards in our new home... What we have found is a floating floor construction consisting of a plastic sheet, concrete slab, insulating foam, and then chipboard beneath thick underlay with carpet on...

Hello! Is there any update on this? We are facing a very similar issue in our home.

No moisture readings taken but it felt very dry down there and certainly did not smell damp. There's a small area of ventilation above the insulation (see photo) and it looks as though there is some type of plastic sheet membrane beneath the skirting board against the wall though I can't make...

Hello! Just looking for a bit of advice on where to start as we're new to all this! The vinyl kitchen floor in our new house was sagging so today we decided to investigate. We have uncovered several layers of board resting on uneven, randomly spaced planks of various types of wood. Some of the...