Screwed by a builder "friend".

[spy]

Hi all! Looks like I am going to be doing some serious brains picking. I got talked into doing up my outbuilding by a mate who is a builder and offered to help. Anyway, the long and short of it is he owes me money still from a car he bought off me and has fobbed me off for over 6 months with my outbuilding. It has so far been ripped out and I have double glazed doors and window fitted. The doors are 2 brick courses above the existing concrete floor which needs to be raised. Do I lay some serious concrete or does wooden floor make more sense?

I was thinking wood would be cheaper and possible easier. Now I need to lay joists and board on top. I am assuming I dont fix the joists to the wall to allow for expansion. How do I do it? Approx 1 ft apart with short legs between them to prevent twisting? They must need fixing in place somehow surely?

Can anyone help? I need to sell this house early next year so only have 3 months ish to get it finished. I wish I had left well alone. We really are at our wits end here.

Any help much appreciated.

Thanks,

Mike

 

[Bahco]

You can get ready mixed concrete delivered to your door which will be a lot easier.

Put a membrane down and foam insulation blocks and then pour your concrete over and level off.

Might cost you less than £300 but of course you need to check how much materials you will need.

 

[Bill_Stickers]

Same problem in my kitchen. We laid a base level of concrete, putting while wet 3 inch joists to rest on it hanging off wall plates with Wickes joist hangers, when dry , polestyrene sheets and then flooring grade chip. This was 3 years ago - I wish the whole house was like it!

 

[triplerated]

there is a system used with wood called a floating floor system usually used in installing gyms, dance floors and some commercial floors if your door is already sat higher this can be a solution but if the out building is off victorian - edwardian build then you can have a damp proof course problem screeding the floor can also be a solution