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After some advice peeps. Basically the house that attatches to ours has just been sold. The new owners have ripped the suspended lounge floor out and are now
Filling it with mot. I've been and had a nosy throught the window after the builders left and it looks a right mess. Our house stinks of stagnant water and the drain under our floor is running like mad! Surely they should be fitting another suspended floor?? Or at least some sort if damp course to stop the water?
Any help appreciated :)
Sounds like you need Dom Littlewood and Melinda Messenger
Sounds like you need Dom Littlewood and Melinda Messenger
Whatever floats your boat I guess but a bizarre threeway isn't gonna solve his flooring issues.
turbojolt
13-05-13, 10:16 PM
why would anyone do that? replacing a suspended floor isn't the most taxing of carpentry jobs
and its not really a cost effective option filling it with stone either
baffling
pottersrebel
13-05-13, 10:43 PM
depends on how much off a void they are filling tj, proper floor beams are getting expensive now the building industry is using cheap tgi joists so stone and concrete is a cheaper way to go and you can also use insulation under the floor to help heat loss etc
depends on how much off a void they are filling tj, proper floor beams are getting expensive now the building industry is using cheap tgi joists so stone and concrete is a cheaper way to go and you can also use insulation under the floor to help heat loss etc
it's about 2 foot deep. I've been and had a nosy through the window after they'd left and theres a big pool of water all in one corner. Surely there should be some way of blocking the water from their house running under my suspended lounge floor? (which has a drain, it's been dry for months but it today running like a tap!)
chrisd1986
13-05-13, 10:53 PM
Mot costs £10 up a ton unless its recycled and concrete is usually £120 for the 1st meter and then a bit cheeper per meter after that. The concretewill just push the water out unless they put plastic down 1st and if they are doing a proper job the will be putting insulating foam sheets or polystyrene down before they concrete
john. ring your local building control early in the morning and ask their advice. you must ring early before they go out inspecting jobs
its quite common to stone up & concrete fill an old suspended floor. but the water thing is worrying. maybe they plan to go with underfloor heating. the one thing that worries me is that they have actually damaged a drain.
Mot costs £10 up a ton unless its recycled and concrete is usually £120 for the 1st meter and then a bit cheeper per meter after that. The concretewill just push the water out unless they put plastic down 1st and if they are doing a proper job the will be putting insulating foam sheets or polystyrene down before they concrete
nah there's none of that! they're just filling the floor to floorboard height with mot.
they should be laying it in 6" layers & wacker plating it. but it needs to be left about 7"-10" down from the skirting height so they can sand blind it, lay a dampproof membrane (polythene) and insulation before concrete. anything else is a shocking bodge
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l240/tooleater16v/null_zps13183fdd.jpg
This is the photo I took earlier. No whacka on sight. The trouble it's all now higher than my actual floor level, and the water is draining under my floor.?
That's a big puddle in the corner
chrisd1986
13-05-13, 11:09 PM
Pfft thats not even propper mot, ive seen some bad recycled stuff in my time but thats shocking and if it dosnt get whacked propperly the concrete will crack and your gona end up with damp by the looks of it
Just to clarify, this is the house attatched to mine. My floor is suspended. If I lift my floorboards, there's a 2 foot gap to the concrete.
L33 LEG
13-05-13, 11:42 PM
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john. clear out your inbox.
turbojolt
14-05-13, 05:41 PM
Mot costs £10 up a ton unless its recycled and concrete is usually £120 for the 1st meter and then a bit cheeper per meter after that. The concretewill just push the water out unless they put plastic down 1st and if they are doing a proper job the will be putting insulating foam sheets or polystyrene down before they concrete
ten quid a ton! where you getting that from?
chrisd1986
14-05-13, 06:46 PM
Thats what most places were im from charge but were i used to work we charged £7.50 for recycled
we're lucky to get large load quantities down to £12.50/t...
and recycled isn't much better.
turbojolt
14-05-13, 07:31 PM
I find the average to be around £25 a ton loose, unless you want to buy over 15 ton I can't get it anywhere near £10
maybe its a midlands thing I don't know
tj, we have more granite in leics/derbys than the rest of the country... its mostly down to price fixing
Thanks for the advice Mike, the only thing concerning me now is the water running under our floor.
john, is the water running from a pipe?
In all seriousness I reckon you need to get building inspector round ASAP before they finish
Could end up causing Mega damage to both properties
In all seriousness I reckon you need to get building inspector round ASAP before they finish
Could end up causing Mega damage to both properties
I have tracked down the owner of the property and politely asked if i could call the building inspectorate for some advice. They have agreed but don't think they were overly happy, they were supposed to be having the floor concreted over tommorow morning. if they want to come and take a look then that's up to them.
From the sound of it they've disturbed a drain or something tho if you had no sound of running water before
Maybe politely tell the owner your concern and make him aware that he will be liable for any future problems
From the sound of it they've disturbed a drain or something tho if you had no sound of running water before
Maybe politely tell the owner your concern and make him aware that he will be liable for any future problems
It's either that or just lying water draining away, I was polite, the guy was very understanding, his wife on the otherhand.......
I just want it to all check out ok, if so then there's no mither.
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