Even with a properly dried screed, would the chipboard be sufficient to lay Karndean on? IS the ply layer optional?
Aside from the probability that the scree was too wet, should chipboard floating floors always have ply on top? This seems to be specified on the...
Thanks chaps. Bit of a bodge then. What's the fix? Take it back to the slab then.... allow screed to dry and then how to proceed?
As per my post above with pic - half the floor was screeded, quite a dry mix, about 20mm. It was down 6 days before the insulation and chip board...
*the DPM could be seen at the edges of the slab.
About 2002. Yes , the 2002 plans say “100mm concrete on visqueen and sand blinded hardcore.” The dim could be seen at the edges of the slab in the...
thanks for the reply. Do you mean concrete slab? The slab is decades old. If you mean the screed I don't know what it was, but remember it...
Just to clarify , the builder tells me there is a DPM under the chipboard
Hi everyone - i posted some of this on a different forum and was pointed in your expert direction. I hope you can advise on this! :) Karndean...
