Thatspellstrouble
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Hi,
Apologies if this has been asked before. I'm in the process of moving into an end of terrace victorian house. The previous owner left it vacant long term and the ground floor joists were completely rotton as a result. So before they put it up for sale they gutted the ground floor and poured concrete into every room as a replacement. Im pretty sure the concrete covers all of what used to be the suspended floor leaving no room for moisture to evaporate. The walls have all been replastered too but im pretty sure with non-breathable materials.
so my question is... to avoid potential damp problems in the future (short of digging up all the concrete), would either lowering the floor outside of the house to lower the water table or removing the parts of the cement directly touching the walls of the house and replace it with Limecrete work?
Basically, is there anything I could do besides removing all the concrete?
If it helps, the concreted area consists of hallway,living room,dining room, kitchen, bathroom.
Apologies if this has been asked before. I'm in the process of moving into an end of terrace victorian house. The previous owner left it vacant long term and the ground floor joists were completely rotton as a result. So before they put it up for sale they gutted the ground floor and poured concrete into every room as a replacement. Im pretty sure the concrete covers all of what used to be the suspended floor leaving no room for moisture to evaporate. The walls have all been replastered too but im pretty sure with non-breathable materials.
so my question is... to avoid potential damp problems in the future (short of digging up all the concrete), would either lowering the floor outside of the house to lower the water table or removing the parts of the cement directly touching the walls of the house and replace it with Limecrete work?
Basically, is there anything I could do besides removing all the concrete?
If it helps, the concreted area consists of hallway,living room,dining room, kitchen, bathroom.