Hi all. I've been reading the forum for a few months now, since buying our old house. Thought I would say hi and share what we have done/ intend to do.
We have started our project by taking down any damaged area of internal finishes. But soon decided that we needed to take most areas right back. We found many leaks, rot, plasterboard over lime walls, plasterboard over l&p, plasterboard over plasterboard with 25mm thick plaster in places, tiles over tiles over concrete, tiles over tiles in bathrooms, fake timber beams on top of plasterboard, fake chimney, it's great!
The ground floor walls were very damp, and the laminate flooring was showing signs of water damage. The flooring has gone, under which there were old asbestos tiles, under which the concrete slab, quite damp. We started taking the paint off the walls to find gypsum plaster half way up the walls which was very damp. And holes drilled every 100mm or so for the old damp proofing. Slowly taking the gypsum off, but the wall has dried out considerably.
There is a few cracks in the floor, and these cracks always seemed moist compared to the rest of the floor. We recently took an area of concrete up to investigate where the moisture was coming from and found a small area of bricks underneath, all very damp. The concrete seems to be wet through as we break it. The soil where there arnt any bricks is quite moist. We are currently deciding whether or not to remove the slab and replace with limecrete...
All walls and ceilings will eventually be wood wool, with slopes and joists insulated. Re-wired, and updated wet heating whilst it's so naked too. So much to do!!!!!
Any tips or advice on any of the above would be greatly recieved, at the moment, we are stripping and tip running, and wondering whats the best solution for the damp floor!!!
We have started our project by taking down any damaged area of internal finishes. But soon decided that we needed to take most areas right back. We found many leaks, rot, plasterboard over lime walls, plasterboard over l&p, plasterboard over plasterboard with 25mm thick plaster in places, tiles over tiles over concrete, tiles over tiles in bathrooms, fake timber beams on top of plasterboard, fake chimney, it's great!
The ground floor walls were very damp, and the laminate flooring was showing signs of water damage. The flooring has gone, under which there were old asbestos tiles, under which the concrete slab, quite damp. We started taking the paint off the walls to find gypsum plaster half way up the walls which was very damp. And holes drilled every 100mm or so for the old damp proofing. Slowly taking the gypsum off, but the wall has dried out considerably.
There is a few cracks in the floor, and these cracks always seemed moist compared to the rest of the floor. We recently took an area of concrete up to investigate where the moisture was coming from and found a small area of bricks underneath, all very damp. The concrete seems to be wet through as we break it. The soil where there arnt any bricks is quite moist. We are currently deciding whether or not to remove the slab and replace with limecrete...
All walls and ceilings will eventually be wood wool, with slopes and joists insulated. Re-wired, and updated wet heating whilst it's so naked too. So much to do!!!!!
Any tips or advice on any of the above would be greatly recieved, at the moment, we are stripping and tip running, and wondering whats the best solution for the damp floor!!!