Hi,

I live in a old terraced house.  The garden has ben blocked paved by
the previuos owner (red brick sized paving often seen on driveways
etc).  It is sound and flat and in good condition

I have had a sun room fitted in a part of the garden.  In order to
clarify what I mean by Sun room,  It is like a conservatory, but alot
cheaper, and it was custom built out of wood with a polycarbonate
roof.  It is a lean-to type of contruction.  You enter into it from my
kitchen and it has a door at the other end to go into the garden.

In order to protect the exposed wood the builder has clad the ouside
and inside with plastic facia and put guttering etc.  He did not i any
way touch the flooring as we did not agree that with him.

I am not going to live in it - it really just for storage etc.

Once he had finished we talked about what type of flooring I could put
down.  He sugested that I could put some timber battens down, then use
tongue and groove flooring (similar to the loft flooring material) and
fix that to the battens.  Then I could cover the floor with whatever I
wanted (lino, laminate or nothing).

Will this create a damp problem for me or any other kind of problem
later on  Any suggestions as to what type of flooring I could put
own.  I dont want anything too complicated, just a way of neating the
inside of this room

Many Thanks

On 3 Jul, 15:10, bp  wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I live in a old terraced house.  The garden has ben blocked paved by
> the previuos owner (red brick sized paving often seen on driveways
> etc).  It is sound and flat and in good condition
>
> I have had a sun room fitted in a part of the garden.  In order to
> clarify what I mean by Sun room,  It is like a conservatory, but alot
> cheaper, and it was custom built out of wood with a polycarbonate
> roof.  It is a lean-to type of contruction.  You enter into it from my
> kitchen and it has a door at the other end to go into the garden.
>
> In order to protect the exposed wood the builder has clad the ouside
> and inside with plastic facia and put guttering etc.  He did not i any
> way touch the flooring as we did not agree that with him.
>
> I am not going to live in it - it really just for storage etc.
>
> Once he had finished we talked about what type of flooring I could put
> down.  He sugested that I could put some timber battens down, then use
> tongue and groove flooring (similar to the loft flooring material) and
> fix that to the battens.  Then I could cover the floor with whatever I
> wanted (lino, laminate or nothing).
>
> Will this create a damp problem for me or any other kind of problem
> later on  Any suggestions as to what type of flooring I could put
> own.  I dont want anything too complicated, just a way of neating the
> inside of this room
>
> Many Thanks

Is the sun room built straight onto the block paved garden ? Is there
a small low wall with the timber on top, or just timber (hopefully
with a DPC under it) ?
You could line the floor with a DPM, turn it up the sides into any DPC
that may exists, then batten and floor over that. If no DPC, carry the
DPM a little way up the wall (behind skirting boards etc).
You'd do the same thing if you had a solid floor with no DPM and
wanted to floor over it.
Simon.

bp wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I live in a old terraced house.  The garden has ben blocked paved by
> the previuos owner (red brick sized paving often seen on driveways
> etc).  It is sound and flat and in good condition
>
> I have had a sun room fitted in a part of the garden.  In order to
> clarify what I mean by Sun room,  It is like a conservatory, but alot
> cheaper, and it was custom built out of wood with a polycarbonate
> roof.  It is a lean-to type of contruction.  You enter into it from my
> kitchen and it has a door at the other end to go into the garden.
>

But it was built on top of the existing block paving? - IE, it's not raised 
up in any way and water can easily get under the timber construction into 
the sun room?


> In order to protect the exposed wood the builder has clad the ouside
> and inside with plastic facia and put guttering etc.  He did not i any
> way touch the flooring as we did not agree that with him.
>
> I am not going to live in it - it really just for storage etc.
>
> Once he had finished we talked about what type of flooring I could put
> down.  He sugested that I could put some timber battens down, then use
> tongue and groove flooring (similar to the loft flooring material) and
> fix that to the battens.  Then I could cover the floor with whatever I
> wanted (lino, laminate or nothing).
>
> Will this create a damp problem for me or any other kind of problem
> later on  Any suggestions as to what type of flooring I could put
> own.  I dont want anything too complicated, just a way of neating the
> inside of this room
>

Any timber you put down will last as long as if you laid it outside, 
probably less, because outside it has plenty of ventilation.

If it were mine, I would simply leave the paving down and coat it with a 
block paving sealant, this adds a bit of sheen, and it will make it easier 
to keep clean and stop it dusting up.
The sealant is available from builders merchants and costs about £25 for 5 
litres, which is sufficient for about 30m2 - it's similar to varnish and you 
can put it on with a roller or brush, and you'll need acetone or nailpolish 
remover to clean it off your skin afterwards