floor construction

I'm looking to add a small utility room off my internal garage. Kitchen door opens directly in to future utility room but it's a 30cm drop to garage floor. It will only be a 2.25m by 1.25m utility (as saving rest of garage for a future office with it's own door from hallway). As it's only...

Hey all Long story short. I've pulled up my kitchen floor and found most of it in reasonable shape except for this cross beam which is badly rotten. It was encased in damp dirt which explains things. The property was built in 1900 so perhaps this is inevitable. There is a copper gas pipe...

Hello all, Thanks for taking the time to view my forum post! I'm posting on behalf of my aunty who lives in an end-of-terrace approx 1940s built property. They and their neighbour both have this damp and it has spread over many months. Please could you advise is this rising damp and what the...

We are beginning a garage conversion and need to achieve a U-Value of 0.22 with the floor. The suggestion to achieve this is 100mm Celotex insulation. The existing floor to ceiling is 248cm but at the front of the garage its slightly lower at 237cm. I believe building the 100mm Celotex floor...