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haventaclue
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 Posted: Sun Sep 21, 2008 10:33 am Post subject: kitchen floor |
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I have a fifth floor flat that has sound proofing floor. I also had a slow leak from the washing machine. We fixed the leak - didn't think about the floor. Then I replaced the floor from vynyl to vynyl adding in a layer of hardboard. At this point we noticed dampness - on the advice of the flooring company we left it to dry for a week with nothing on it. The new floor went down - the hardboard was stapled with the vynyl adhesived on all and fine until within two weeks the hardboard started to warp - badly. The floor people intially thought we had a further leak but when they couldn't find anything decided that its probably the soundproofing stuff that looks a bit like horsehair under hardboard that had potentially held water and staples had allowed it free access to travel up the the new hardboard. I have now got a problem of what to do. On taking up the new floor and hardboard the orignal floor is damp and now mouldy. Can I use an antimould layer and then put down tiles to allow the under floor to breathe? Or do you think the soundproofing floor needs to come up? - expensive!!!
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RemedialExpert
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Location: essex
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if the sound proofing is fibrous or a compressed board in a cavity in the floor then it all needs to be removed and either dried or replaced.
That is the only option, there is nothing a specialist can advise about this im afraid mate, its just find the cause, ventilate any sodden areas and materials, reinstate... |
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haventaclue
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| Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2008 7:29 am Post subject: |
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| thanks very much- I have a man coming around this morning who has indicated the same answer - he is going to have a look. |
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