Wooden subfloor and damp help!

[Elliebear]

Hi first post as new.
We've moved into an old terrace that's owned by a housing association. We've noticed damp about a foot up from the bottom in the lounge. It has a wooden floating? Floor. We've been told that they would have replaced the floor with a concrete one but "ran out of money!" So were left with whatveeve got. I've just purchased laminate flooring, fibre boards etc..... any suggestions on what I should do to stop any damp ruining my floor? I'm worried about the winter months as it's been really dry recently so it's not as bad. There is 1 air brick at the front. Cheers

 

[Safety First]

Pics outside, pics inside.
No idea what the run out of money bit means... Is your floor suspended timber throughout, or mix of concrete and suspended timbers?

 

[endecotp]

Don’t put the laminate down until it’s sorted!

Fixing it is not your job if you’re a tennant. But it will be useful if you understand the cause of the problem etc. Please post pics.

 

[Elliebear]

 

[Elliebear]

Hi thanks for responses. It is a suspended wooden floor throughout the lounge only. I've attached pics and of outside which is the lounge window wall at the front of the house. The floor looks ok at the moment as we've had such nice weather . The floor is in the lounge. There are some signs of damp about a foot up from the floor. No smell etc of damp. We're apparently one of the only houses left that didn't get a new concrete floor as the HA ran out of money for the project about 5 yrs ago. Doubt they will do anything about it apparently the previous tenant had issues with it

 

[oldbutnotdead]

Airbricks below ground level are never clever. Plus if they concreted the back room there'll be no airflow through the floor void so risking rot in the joists. Is there an airbrick under the front door (into the hallway)?
Wouldn't recommend laminate- in fact i'm surprised that the landlord hasn't carpeted or otherwise covered the boards, wouldn't expect my tenants to spend on stuff like that. Put rugs down for the moment.
If the place has been empty for a while, it may be condensation

 

[Elliebear]

THAnks. No airbrick near front door. Just the one on the pic outside below lounge window.
I got sick and lost my job so lost my home I was living in.... this is a housing association house; it's in an awful state and needs loads of work .

 

[Burnerman]

Can you clear the crap away from that air brick Ellie, and see where it leads to?
A wider perspective view from inside the lounge would be good -and indicate where you can see the damp?
Wondering what that creation is at ground level just to the left of the bay window....!
John

 

[endecotp]

I don’t think I cn see any damp in any of your pictures, sorry.

 

[arkie]

Looks like you could stick your phone in to get some photos, see if the floor or joists are rotting, The should be a grill over it to keep animals out but maybe someone removed it to get better air flow.

I think i would just put some plastic down and tape the seams to protect the fiber boars from going mushy, if it rots its not your problem really.