just wondering

[wayneo]

i was wondering could anyone help. i was viewing a house and the owner had applied bitumen to two of the bedroom floors. i was wondering why.

 

[Gazzer]

Damp ???? or was it where they had removed vinyl tiles ?

 

[White Room]

Did he take up some old vinyl tiles

 

[Gazzer]

Did he take up some old vinyl tiles

Snap......

 

[david campbell]

sometimes it's from the old underfloor heating tiles als

 

[wayneo]

he had carpet down. would the bitumen seal the floor if it was damp.

 

[White Room]

Are we talking a 1st floor with floor boards or a ground floor bedroom with a screed floor

 

[doug boardley]

Are we talking a 1st floor with floor boards or a ground floor bedroom with a screed floor

was thinking the same Mark, the bitumen could be acting as a dpm