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Speed ramp in sitting room?

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  • 15-04-2008 9:49pm
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    Special K
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    Hi, don't know where else to put this but as I could be dead in the morning depending on the seriousness of this matter, it could indeed be a personal issue!!!

    Basically, we have a timber floor in our sitting room of the house we are renting, and yesterday evening, during Home and Away time, we noticed the beginnings of a speed ramp like thing in the middle of the floor. About 5 floorboards wide, it stretches down the centre of the room, from the gas fire to the opposite wall. We tried standing on it but it is solid. We got a guy in today as our washing machine gave up so he had a look at the floor too. He thought the bump might be connected with the broken washing machine, but then seemed to dismiss this idea when we said that there was no evidence of leakages or water at any time in the sitting room.

    He then asked if we had gas, WHICH WE DO!!!! As it's running from the gas fire, and he said " I can't say whether it's dangerous or not", we are a little worried that there might be an explosion and we could all be dead. Should I never reply to this message again, you'll know what happened. Basically, the question is, what do you think it could be? And what do you advise to do? By the way, our Landlord has just left for some foreign destination today!!!!!


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    Snowdrop
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    Ring the Bord Gais 24 hour emergency helpline


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    00112984
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    If the flooring is fairly new, it could have contracted with heat.

    Happened to me last year. Got home and several boards had risen up just like a speed bump. We had just moved in and it seemed that we liked the place warmer than the previous owners so the boards expanded. Coupled with the fact that there was no space left between the skirting boards and the flooring, the boards had nowhere to go but up.

    Check by the skirting to see if the boards are rammed right up to it. We had to strip out the skirting- not easy because it was so wedged into the wall with the pressure of the boards- and leave it to settle back for a few weeks before reskirting.


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    Marksie
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    Not a PI, i am moving to Rec> home and garden> DIY


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    Special K
    Closed Accounts Posts: 253 ✭✭Special K


    Thanks for your reply, we're a little bit more relaxed now. We've been here since September though and if anything are using less heating on because of the weather?


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    Special K
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    Thanks Marksie, sorry about that. Trawled through the forums but couldn't see a suitable one. Must have missed that one, cheers


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    gsxr1
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    How old is your house?

    Is it a new floor. ?

    Is there discolouring at the edges of any boards in the room. That would indicate water underneath or a squelching sound anywhere in the room.

    Was there a spill from the washing machine before it broke down?

    Floor generally will not pop up in an older house with the heating as you are having the opposite effect to contracting.

    On older houses moister can form near north walls and cause condensation, which will inturn expand a floor.

    Also check around rads. They can start leaking at any time . feel around the pipes when cold for water.

    have delt with this lots of time. its either water or a badly fitted floor


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    Special K
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    Thank you! Pretty sure it is a water pipe, it's just a bit bigger than it was yesterday. As long as it's not gas we're a bit more at ease, thanks :)


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    board om
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    saw that in a cafe once. walked in the door and sat down at a table. half an hour later went to leave and the floor had a timber dome. the floor boards just expanded and bent up into a big bump. they said it was a water pape leak under the floor boards. so i would say you are safe enough.


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    Special K
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    Yeah thanks. Even since earlier this evening more bumps have started to appear though. We used to be able to swing the door back so it hit off the wall [not intentionally!] and now it scrapes midway and doesn't even reach the wall. Plumber pronto tomorrow! Should we go through the letting agency or find someone ourselves and just forward the bill?Because landlord is away and probably doesn't realise the severity of it all we need to get someone asap! Afraid the walls might crack if the bumps keep spreading!


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