update on 1895 house and a couple of questions

[senorjackson]

hello there,

Thanks for your helpful advice on damp, your advice has helped and the majority of the damp that remains seems to be affecting a few patches on the interior walls ( ie those not forming the outside of the house), wondering if any of you could advise why?

We are updating the kitchen/dining room, making it into 1 room (knocking down an archway that connects the two), and are considering flooring options. Obviously, with damp/moisture an issue, what would be the best flooring to use in this room? The kitchen has a solid floor, whilst the dining room has floorboards. Any ideas gladly accepted!

Many Thanks in advance,

Senor

 

[yamin]

Hi Senor

Sounds like you have done a lot to tackle the damp. It can take a long time to dry out - maybe you just have a few patches that are going to take a while? Others with expert knowledge will comment I'm sure.

As for your flooring, we are about to do the exact same things, wall down between kitchen and front room, front room has boards, kitchen is modern with tiles. Our builder plans to tidy the join, part of it will be covered with an island unit that matches modern kitchen on one side, and is more in keeping with the old wood on the other, and the front room side will be a living area, so actually we plan to leave both floors as they are. might that work for you?