Looking for some reassurance and wisdom here please.
I took up the lounge fitted carpet today ready for the decorator next week followed by replacement carpet and underlay.
We live in a Victorian terraced house and the mains stopcock is in the lounge at the front of the house.
When I exposed the underlay around the stopcock there was evidence of it having been wet in the past (water stain)but it was dry as a bone today. However...
the floorboard in the stopcock corner is soft and crumbly.
I have excavated the crumbly area and it is approx 2cm all round the stopcock supply pipe. There is now a crescent moon shaped excavated area evident.
I am panicking and think maybe the house is falling down or into an underground river.
DH says it is probably just as a result of condensation on the cold water pipe and as the carpet has been down years, it's simply all those years worth of water sitting on carpet and underlay which have caused this.
Could he be right or do I need to call someone immediately?
I felt all around the pipe and it is completely dry.
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What's happening around the stopcock?
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Wingedharpy · 15/02/2017 19:03
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