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Recently bought a basement flat, one large living room/bedroom and one kitchen area with a wet room.
Ripped up the carpet from the living room as it was old and seemed to be smelling musty around the edges, as I took it up I noticed along on the floor underneath (large chip board type panels making up the floor) that at the edge where the internal wall and floor met it was slightly moist and musty smelling.
This appears in the corner of the wall and along the wall in certain places.
The other side of the wall is the kitchen, which has been fitted with large slate tiles right up to the granite wall so there is no way to see if there is a problem underneath - but in the corner is a very small alcove with a concrete floor, here I discovered a small patch of moisture that appears. If I dry it out with a heater it re-appears in an hour or two.
The person I bought the propery from assured me that the walls had all been tanked less than 18 months ago.
My question is what is the best thing to do next? Should I check to see if any water pipes are running underneath the flat, and if so how? Should I get a dehumidifier and see if mositure goes away? Or should I get some heaters into the flat and put them on once a day for an hour or two even if its not cold?
Sorry to sound like a noob but I'm a first time buyer and this is worrying me like mad, I actually want to have a polished concrete floor in the living room but not sure about the practicality and whether it would be good to protect against damp?
Ripped up the carpet from the living room as it was old and seemed to be smelling musty around the edges, as I took it up I noticed along on the floor underneath (large chip board type panels making up the floor) that at the edge where the internal wall and floor met it was slightly moist and musty smelling.
This appears in the corner of the wall and along the wall in certain places.
The other side of the wall is the kitchen, which has been fitted with large slate tiles right up to the granite wall so there is no way to see if there is a problem underneath - but in the corner is a very small alcove with a concrete floor, here I discovered a small patch of moisture that appears. If I dry it out with a heater it re-appears in an hour or two.
The person I bought the propery from assured me that the walls had all been tanked less than 18 months ago.
My question is what is the best thing to do next? Should I check to see if any water pipes are running underneath the flat, and if so how? Should I get a dehumidifier and see if mositure goes away? Or should I get some heaters into the flat and put them on once a day for an hour or two even if its not cold?
Sorry to sound like a noob but I'm a first time buyer and this is worrying me like mad, I actually want to have a polished concrete floor in the living room but not sure about the practicality and whether it would be good to protect against damp?
...a proper concrete floor with dp.membrane and insulation will, of course remain dry .......the walls you may be able to have rendered with a waterproof slurry/mix .......I`ll ask a guy I know who works in the "damp proofing" industry