Hi all, I'm new here, so please be kind!
I'm installing a new kitchen in a Victorian terraced house. I've stripped out the old kitchen, but the floor is still showing signs of damp, despite being free of the old fittings for a few weeks. Not wet as such, but patches are darker in some places than others.
The floor isn't level (not sloping, but with a fair amount of humps and bumps, with 5-6mm variation overall), and I was planning on using a fibre based self-levelling compound (http://www.screwfix.com/p/mapei-ultraplan-3240-self-levelling-compound-grey-25kg/4959f) on top of primer, with ceramic floor tiles to finish it off.
Two questions if you can help.
1. Would it be advisable to use some sort of liquid DPM given the damp patches, and if so, what would you recommend, and where would this go?
2. Any advice on what primer to use?
Given I'll be tiling the floor, I wasn't planning on using a DPM, but it would be an expensive mistake if that's the wrong thing to do!
I'm installing a new kitchen in a Victorian terraced house. I've stripped out the old kitchen, but the floor is still showing signs of damp, despite being free of the old fittings for a few weeks. Not wet as such, but patches are darker in some places than others.
The floor isn't level (not sloping, but with a fair amount of humps and bumps, with 5-6mm variation overall), and I was planning on using a fibre based self-levelling compound (http://www.screwfix.com/p/mapei-ultraplan-3240-self-levelling-compound-grey-25kg/4959f) on top of primer, with ceramic floor tiles to finish it off.
Two questions if you can help.
1. Would it be advisable to use some sort of liquid DPM given the damp patches, and if so, what would you recommend, and where would this go?
2. Any advice on what primer to use?
Given I'll be tiling the floor, I wasn't planning on using a DPM, but it would be an expensive mistake if that's the wrong thing to do!