Plymouth & Devon
A concrete floor can hold water for weeks and ruin whatever goes back on top of it. We dry the slab properly first, then prove it is dry before the floor finish goes down.
A solid concrete floor or screed soaks up flood and leak water and gives it back slowly. Lay new flooring over a slab that is still wet and you seal the moisture in, which leads to lifting, failed adhesive, blown vinyl and mould under the surface.
Relaying a floor twice costs far more than drying it once. Documented readings also give you proof for an insurance claim that the floor was dried correctly, not just covered over.
Plymouth's post-war housing is full of solid concrete ground floors, and on a sloping plot the water sits at the lowest end. We target the wet end of the slab and monitor it until the whole floor reaches a dry standard.
It depends how saturated the slab is, often a few weeks rather than days. We confirm with moisture readings rather than working to a fixed date.
No. New flooring over a wet slab traps the moisture and usually fails. We sign the floor off as dry first so the finish lasts.
We take moisture readings throughout and compare them to a dry standard for the slab, so drying is confirmed with data.
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