hi all, found this forum while looking for help with a problem. I had a builder renovate my house but to be honest its turned out to be the biggest nightmare ever. He ended up ripping me off, and taking money leaving job unfinished and since then when i investigated i found so much poor work its untrue, all this is made worse by this being a friend of 10 years and me having a 4 week old baby at the time with nowhere to live.
anyway, i found he had removed a wall as planned and replaced with h beam girder but now the neighbour who is a SE has told me he thinks the wall was load bearing, and it should have had building regs done, and doesnt know if its been done properly.
now there is no wall directly above it, there was no foundations under it, as I seen the floor, it was all ashphelt straight across. I dont know if the joists met at that point, or if they run straight across outside wall to outside wall.
how would i find these things out without pulling it apart? i was gonna speak to barrat who built the house, see if there is a plan available? would this be a possibility ?
I am in the process of getting all receipts together and maybe takin the guy to court so this is just one more thing i need to know about, someone said call the council building regs people and someone said i should definitely not do that, i dont have money to start pulling the house apart after the mess just now
any advice appreciated
thanks in advance
The way the h beam girder has been proped up was 2 pieces of timber
anyway, i found he had removed a wall as planned and replaced with h beam girder but now the neighbour who is a SE has told me he thinks the wall was load bearing, and it should have had building regs done, and doesnt know if its been done properly.
now there is no wall directly above it, there was no foundations under it, as I seen the floor, it was all ashphelt straight across. I dont know if the joists met at that point, or if they run straight across outside wall to outside wall.
how would i find these things out without pulling it apart? i was gonna speak to barrat who built the house, see if there is a plan available? would this be a possibility ?
I am in the process of getting all receipts together and maybe takin the guy to court so this is just one more thing i need to know about, someone said call the council building regs people and someone said i should definitely not do that, i dont have money to start pulling the house apart after the mess just now
any advice appreciated
thanks in advance
The way the h beam girder has been proped up was 2 pieces of timber