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well, screed bloke said floor is dry and has made up a "dry" mix of sand and cement with a bonding agent. Filled in the big dips (it was 50mm) and my hall resembles the seaside. He says can put boards on it and walk on it in 24 hours, levelling compound at the weekend. Next 24 hours will...

And your advice is much appreciated :) Now, to get a moisture test I'm going to need to get an hygrometer. Here's hoping screed bloke has one this am.

It just gets better and better :lol: :cry: :lol: As already mentioned, the floor is almost covered in bitumen, sounds like screed is not going to bond to that? I'm just a simple IT consultant :?

It's all good news on this thread :( :( Will check again in the morning, looking at the floor i can believe 50mm as the floor noticeably dlpes from one side of the room to the other (not so noticebale when carpet and underlay were down). The previous bodgers thought it wise to scallop out...

I think my mate with the spirit level said the variation 15mm (I hope the sais 15 not 50 :shock: ) across the floor from one side to the other in one part. There's a dip in another part of the floor of a similar depth. Basically he figured it was too much to fill ("would take bags and bags")...

Gah. So now I'm going from doing the job in 2 days (orig estimate :roll: ) to 1 week (yesterday's estimate) to over a month ? :shock: This is the entrance hall that contains the stairs, we can't live in the house without walking through it. Screeding guy said dry enough to walk on in 12...

Was thinking of screed tomorrow, self level Friday and then flooring on Monday.. Area is 6m2 and will prob stick the heating on to help it along. Sound along the right lines? Glad you're online W-U-L because the nxt Q is about finishes. Research on here and your site leads me to hardwax oil...

Looks like a big variation in height across the floor :( Got a flooring guy coming to tomorrow to properly screed it. Then will have to leave it a few days before we self level and I guess we've just guaranteed it'll be too damp to stick the wood down so it'll have to be combi underlay and...

Right. Carpet lifted and old parquet blocks levered up. They were on tar paper sheets and stuck to the concrete with bitumen. floor is mostly still covered in bitumen. Concrete looks and feels dry as a bone which is good, but seriously undulating which is not. I think a skirting board...

Thanks for the tips MS. Only got the wood so far, waiting on my builder mate to return from hols before damp testing and working out what to buy to fit this stuff! I suppose unless the old concrete is very dry I will be needing some sort of DPM (liquid, sheeting or underlay) before/after...

Cheers MS. Didn't really think the CL at f2g knew his stuff. http://www.floors2go.co.uk/products/productdetail.php?category_id=30&product_id=614&variation_id=1866&search_term= Doesn't mention anything about acting as a DPM but the CL said that's what they do - put it down, wait until it's...

Oops! Not checked back for a few days. The "all in one" as the chubby lad at the wood shed described it is "instafix" which floors2go sell. He said that's what their fitters use.. Now not so sure of this advice. Picked up the flooring today - solid oak 15mm, need about 6m2 but got 4...

Thanks W-U-L. Have read so much conflicting advice. My friendly builder come fitter says floating, but the floor supply place has said to screed the floor then use all in one adhesive and DPM stuff to stick it down. I fancy this solution for the reason that it will add the least to the...

We've original wood block floor in 2 rooms and carpet in the hall. Closer inspection has revealed some roughly laid wood blocks under the carpet in a poor state and, under that, a tar paper style DPM and some uneven concrete. So, whole lot to come up and a wood floor to go down. Don't want...

Cheers Markie. I think the idea of converting the loft may be a non starter - on closer examination and discussion with a builder mate - the gable end on the roof means major work to get enough space for a habitable room. Still, for the sake of completeness I checked the joists and they...

I was figuring as much. I'm just thinking that if I batten and board, impove access with a loft ladder, pretty soon MrsBT will start asking if we can make it habitable or get me to move my office up there. Then we'd be into BR, PP adding a proper stairs, heating velux and insulating the...

Hi, I see the boarding a loft for beginners thread has been loacked so I'll start a new one. Recently moved into a 1930s house (3 bed semi) and want to use the fair sized loft space. I want to fit a proper attic ladder and board out the space for now and in time, perhaps, go ahead with...