Hendon, NW4 · Garage conversion floor
Done to the standard the rules expect
Damp was coming up through a garage floor laid by another firm about five years earlier, with no effective barrier underneath it. We took it back and rebuilt it properly: walls injected with a damp proof course, every gap at the base sealed, a membrane lapped a full metre instead of the usual 150mm, insulation butted tight, steel mesh lifted on spacers so it sits inside the screed, and a floating screed left three weeks to cure.
It was built to a standard that would satisfy a building control inspection — which is how Vas learned to build. Read the full job, step by step →
