What type of floor is under the carpet of the victorian house ?

Obviously originally Victorian houses were built with suspended wooden floors. But Building Regs often state that wooden floor SHOULD be replaced with concrete floors with waterproof membrane. If it hasn't already been done, they may insist that you do it! Don't assume that an 'original' wooden floor is necessarily a good thing. You might have TV changing rooms style floor stripping in mind but you can lay wooden flooring on a concrete base and have a lovely floor with far less trouble.

Ring the estate agent and ask them, there is absolutely no reason why they wouldn't tell you. If they don't already know get them to ring the vendor.

I have a Victorian house. There are original floorboards under the carpet. They are all over the house and initially I kept the floors that way. After two winters I had the floors carpeted as the floorboards had gaps and holes and would have cost me more than carpet to have them dealt with. Personal choice of course.

Victorian houses have some problems. They weren't built on foundations nor have cavities in the walls so can be cold. Anyway I digressed. Good luck with the house.

Your question really concerns the construction of an internal wall, and I presumed that as it is Victorian you may be thinking solid brick wall,

Well if that is the case, you have a big job on. On the otherhand if you want a stud partition wall, you will need to check the floor joists for rot, dry or wet. if they are OK then you will need to double the thickness of the joist you intend to build on, IE bolt another Joist of the same size to the existing, you can then build your partition on the strengthened floor joist. I hope this will help. Oh Victorian houses, generally wooden floors.

Europe used hardwood flooring and Linoleum in houses during that period , so if you could ask your Agent to kindly take you over the house you could perhaps lift a corner and take a peak under the carpet to reassure yourself . I love old homes they have character and a lot to tell us only if we take the time to look and visualize the people that were once living in them . Carpet was added to give the house a modern look for the previous owner , but if you could restore it to the beauty that it once was you will really enjoy the results , don't alter anything in it just clean it up .

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I have another point to make

don't try to compare Europe and North America construction , they both use different material and architecture due to the temperature of each country .

More than likely butted timber floorboards. If they've been covered for ages they may be in bad nick - access holes for electrics etc but not a big problem if you're gutting the place anyway. Mass produced properties in the UK are likely to have used a softwood.

Don't worry about this, they normally cover a large, ventilated crawl space, so nothing is required either practically or by law. The gap seeling issue is not the problem made out.

For the most part it's hardwood floors and if the carpet has been on a long time the floor might be in great shape.

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Real victorians should have gorgeous hard oak wood floors speaking from living in a city known for their victorians....

it should not be a problem either to rebuild or add on

the floors will most likely be wood but there is a chance that itcould be flagstone very slim but possible, our house was built in 1632 and almost every floor was flagstone now due to countless amounts of money they are all solid oak it feels warmer looks so much more delightful to the eyes and is easier to upkeep, hope its wood for you good luck an may you have many happy years there