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subfloor problems

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    Water under suspended subfloor void

    I have a 1900s terraced house. The front room is of suspended timber floor and the back room has a concrete floor. The floorboards in the front room constantly keep rotting as there is water under the subfloor void and the entire room smells of damp. If i dig a hole in the subfloor void (see...
    • Adam78
    • Thread
    • damp subfloor problems water
    • Replies: 17
    • Forum: Building
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    Is fibreglass insulation affecting subfloor ventilation airflow?

    Hello, Below the floorboards, the last owner of our property (a later Victorian terraced house) had recently (2018) installed fibreglass insulation, which they have pinned up in rolls between the joists. I'm worried about some damp we have in the house, and so I pulled up a floorboard and...
    • RobWW
    • Thread
    • damp insulation subfloor problems ventilation
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: Building
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    Underfloor system, flooring problems, advice please...

    I have a wet underfloor heating system installed between joists in a 1930's house. The heating system itself works. The issue is with the subfloor.... The builder installed insulation between the joists, then clipped the pipes to the insulation as seems to be the standard approach. He then...
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