I'm hoping that someone can give me some advice. As we are decorating our hall, stairs & landing, my wife has decided that she'd like some laminate flooring in the hallway. After pulling up the carpet, I noticed that the floorboards looked a bit damp in places, the nails are all rusted and the boards are curling across their width. After lifting a couple of boards it is now evident that the previous occupant has at some point filled in between the joists with concrete but without any form of damp proofing so now the joists are like putty, the concrete is not level. I thought about about lifting the boards, laying a dpm and just laying new t&g boards to give a base for the laminate flooring. My question is - is this a crap idea ?
Many thanks
Franko.