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Doozergirl · 7 June 2016 at 4:16PM

isanat wrote: »

Yes morgatge mate .... And rotting on ground floor i am assuming its coming from the cellar....he lifted board in living room and also went in the cellar...

The house is not big at all small two bedroom terrance ... By gutting i mean remove old plaster and do again new carpet n new kitchen n bathroom ..

My budget is £10k dats to get everything an me doin most da removal of old an da easy jobs lik painting n flooring but. With dese new uncovered problems i dnt kno if its impossible as i dnt kno how much to get rid of damp an its source n replacing joist on ground floor if need be ...

£10k isn't much for gutting a place and renovating it. At least you've considered plaster, but carpets, kitchens and bathrooms are not my idea of gutting. Have you had the electrics and heating checked as well?

However, my gut feeling (forgive the pun) is that the sub floor isn't ventilated - ie. The air bricks are blocked up. You need a through flow of air beneath the floor or the joists are prone to... wait for it... rot.

The internal walls are also likely to have evidence of moisture and condensation build up from below. Probably reversible.

Cellars and sub floors are damp in their nature. It is imperative to ventilate them or you just end up with trapped moisture and rot.

I'd want to inspect those boards and joists. Best case is that you replace a joist or the end of one, worst is that your suspended floor needs replacing. Not the most expensive job but very disruptive. As a precaution, I'd be pulling up the floors to check.

Have a look for the air bricks first. Are they there, are they blocked?

isanat · 7 June 2016 at 4:28PM

hahaa doozergirl ur funny =] but electrics and heating are fine ...thanks for all your advice and will defo look into it

dexterwolf · 7 June 2016 at 6:28PM

I would get a fair bit knocked off or walk as that seems costly. Get some quotes and then see if seller will pay half or most of it.

isanat · 7 June 2016 at 7:14PM

well my original idea before i discovered the hidden faults ...was to knock off all the old plaster by myself get rid of the out dated kitchen+ toilet same goes for all flooring. den pay for it to be re plaster the whole house and put new flooring and paint myself ....not looking for any flashy kitchen or bathroom jus good standard stuff......but going to await quotes and if cost too much gna ask for price be knocked down or its no deal ....