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Why does my floor slope towrds the middle of the room?

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Moved in to a new Persimons home last June. We notices straight away that the kitchen floor (on 1st floor of house) sloped towards the middle of the room. It is 2 inches lower in the middle than it is at all the edges, subsequently all the plinths that run across the bottom of the kitchen units show big gaps in the middle. Do you think that they made a mistake when building the floor, or is this normal in new build homes now. Persimmons told us not to worry about it as it was a "floating floor" Would appreciate it if anyone could shed any light on this for me.

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Tell them they are talking c**p, and to fix it.

This is shoddy work man ship.
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All floors in any house have to be level. This company is fobbing you off with some stupid excuse. Get in touch with the people who guarentee the workmanship on new homes. You should have these details with the paperwork you were given when you bought the house. I think it is the National Housebuilding society or something similar.
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Persimmons is LYING to you. Hire a structural engineer to inspect the floor. It won't be more than a couple of hundred bucks...then sue the beeeeejeeezus out of Persimmons.
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I would seek an expert on the situation, however, do NOT seek the building companies employed expert.

Get a professional to see the problem, if not you could have serious problems in the future.

It is likely to be a building error, and the building company doesn't want to pay money to rectify it.
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A floating sub floor should be concrete then polystyrene then visqueen dpm then glued chipboard flooring sheets laid over the top.

It shouldn't deflect (sag) more than 2mm per metre run.

Something is really wrong for a new build floor to drop by 2 inches. ring a few local trades carpenters, builder etc and get a few opinions, ideally if you can afford it a structual engineer
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The floor could be sinking. I have not heard of anything like this in new homes. I would get it looked at.
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