I live in a 1960s house with a 15 year old kitchen extension. Two years ago in the kitchen we had installed Karndean vinyl flooring, at significant cost given it necessitated a special moisture control layer beforehand.
Part of the flooring recently came away and the originally fitter has blamed a 'significant damp problem' beneath, claiming the floor cannot be repaired. It now turns out the kitchen extension was built without a damp proof course.
A builder says he can fix the problem by removing the kitchen cabinets, digging to 70cm, adding a DPM and replacing everything. Is there any alternative?! If old houses do not have damp proof course, could we not just install ceramic/clay tiles instead?
Thanks for an help!
Part of the flooring recently came away and the originally fitter has blamed a 'significant damp problem' beneath, claiming the floor cannot be repaired. It now turns out the kitchen extension was built without a damp proof course.
A builder says he can fix the problem by removing the kitchen cabinets, digging to 70cm, adding a DPM and replacing everything. Is there any alternative?! If old houses do not have damp proof course, could we not just install ceramic/clay tiles instead?
Thanks for an help!