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The hearth area now has laminate with 3 mm foil back underlay over it. I am hoping not to have to take too much of the floor up but sounds like to sort it once and for all I may need to?

The hearth area was chiselled out about 15 mm depth below the concrete floor before the self level put on top (probably not enough as was doing myself and didnt realise it may cause issues). That is my thinking with residual mositure from years of moisture getting down chimney. Think I need to...

Can you go into a little more detail with regards to those extra steps you are advising?

As mentioned, unfortunately no damp visible, the coins are to add a little extra ventilation while running dehumidifier, it is this gap that the mould comes out off in the middle of the wall where the chimney was removed

It is the original concrete floor as far as aware, no earlier wooden floor. There is no damp patch, just green fluffy mould that appears from under the skirting. Not a mark on the actual wall itself. Where the mould is, is on the adjoining wall. There were some issues on the front wall...

Thanks for your reply. Unfortunately the photos would just show a freshly refurbished wall as I have been trying to keep on top of the mould. It is only coming from underneath the skirting between it and the laminate flooring. It is a solid concrete floor with the area where the old hearth was...

Hey all, we recently renovated our first house (built 1930s) with the help of a local builder. As part of this we removed the chimney breast (unfortunately not properly capped when we purchased the property) from the ground up and that area was dot and dab replastered and MDF skirting installed...