I've got a 1950's detached single garage that I am looking to improve into a more usable workshop space. Repairs to the roof and window have resulted in a drier environment, my attention is now turned to the floor.
It is made up of a mixture of concrete and concrete slabs with no DPM below. This seems to suffer from a little condensation in winter and a gap between two of the slabs allows damp upwards in very poor weather. The biggest problem is the concreted areas are quite dusty.
My play is to lay a DPM over the existing floor and then install interlocking PVC floor tiles over the top. Does anyone see an issue with this plan?
The floor is mostly level, although my biggest concern is preventing the existing floor from breathing and causing more problems. There is a DPC in the single skin brickwork one course up, I guess the DPM would need to lap up this course of bricks?
In an ideal world I would rip the lot up and re-lay the slab however this would have to be a last resort being both time and cost prohibitive
Any advice appreciated.
It is made up of a mixture of concrete and concrete slabs with no DPM below. This seems to suffer from a little condensation in winter and a gap between two of the slabs allows damp upwards in very poor weather. The biggest problem is the concreted areas are quite dusty.
My play is to lay a DPM over the existing floor and then install interlocking PVC floor tiles over the top. Does anyone see an issue with this plan?
The floor is mostly level, although my biggest concern is preventing the existing floor from breathing and causing more problems. There is a DPC in the single skin brickwork one course up, I guess the DPM would need to lap up this course of bricks?
In an ideal world I would rip the lot up and re-lay the slab however this would have to be a last resort being both time and cost prohibitive
Any advice appreciated.
