Hi Folks!
Brother has a 1940's [I guess] semi with a rotten floor in 2 adjoining ground floor rooms - the cause seems to be the underfloor ventilation which has been seen to. The rot has got into the T&G boards, the joists and [dwarf] wall plates??? [The timber capping the walls on which the joists rest]
Some seems to be salvageable - sprayed to kill any surface rot and given the underfloor dries out and stays dry.
Questions:-
1 quarter [full room length] of the floor has been replaced by the previous occupant - now an opposite quarter needs replacing - in a 3 x 3.8 m [approx] room, is it best to replace it all regardless of what seems ok?
Either way, the current repair is using CLS timber, is this ok for wall plates and joists on dwarf walls - approx 1.2 meter between centres - the intention is to replace size for size with the original. Or should I be looking for another specific name/cut/cure type of wood?
The current plates are resting on Damp Proof Membrane - this I will replace. Is this usually sufficient?
Is WBP ply a preference over T&G boards or does it really not matter.
Anything I may not have considered?
Phew!
Brother has a 1940's [I guess] semi with a rotten floor in 2 adjoining ground floor rooms - the cause seems to be the underfloor ventilation which has been seen to. The rot has got into the T&G boards, the joists and [dwarf] wall plates??? [The timber capping the walls on which the joists rest]
Some seems to be salvageable - sprayed to kill any surface rot and given the underfloor dries out and stays dry.
Questions:-
1 quarter [full room length] of the floor has been replaced by the previous occupant - now an opposite quarter needs replacing - in a 3 x 3.8 m [approx] room, is it best to replace it all regardless of what seems ok?
Either way, the current repair is using CLS timber, is this ok for wall plates and joists on dwarf walls - approx 1.2 meter between centres - the intention is to replace size for size with the original. Or should I be looking for another specific name/cut/cure type of wood?
The current plates are resting on Damp Proof Membrane - this I will replace. Is this usually sufficient?
Is WBP ply a preference over T&G boards or does it really not matter.
Anything I may not have considered?
Phew!
