Need a builder to check damp-course
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Anyone here have expertise in damp courses around the B'mth / Ringwood area ?
Having had a new kitchen fitted last year (all units, walls replastered, new doors, windows and lintels, floor retiled with ceramics, new ceiling, electrics etc), we now have an issue where the bottoms of the wooden units seem to be taking on moisture. We had a specialist from the kitchen company come out and he tells us we have no damp course under the flooring, or at best the damp course is breeched. Its a circa 30 year old extension that the kitchen is in, coupled to a house thats over 100 years old so it could well be that we don't have a damp proof layer. Odd thing is that the room does not suffer condensation and there is no visible sign of moisture other than where the wood had been damaged on the bottom the kitchen units. The walls appear fine too!
Basically, what im asking is if somebody who's not associated with the kitchen company can give me a second opinion and suggest options to resolve it.
Eddie
Having had a new kitchen fitted last year (all units, walls replastered, new doors, windows and lintels, floor retiled with ceramics, new ceiling, electrics etc), we now have an issue where the bottoms of the wooden units seem to be taking on moisture. We had a specialist from the kitchen company come out and he tells us we have no damp course under the flooring, or at best the damp course is breeched. Its a circa 30 year old extension that the kitchen is in, coupled to a house thats over 100 years old so it could well be that we don't have a damp proof layer. Odd thing is that the room does not suffer condensation and there is no visible sign of moisture other than where the wood had been damaged on the bottom the kitchen units. The walls appear fine too!
Basically, what im asking is if somebody who's not associated with the kitchen company can give me a second opinion and suggest options to resolve it.
Eddie
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