Recent content by Brian909

Thanks for the advice, though the concrete slabseems to be about 5ft long its supported from the ground floor by 2 walls at either end, on top of the slam sits the 2 firplaces on the 1st floor, I may leave as although not ideal I dont really have the money to fix it atm, though I may fix it...

costs? ballpark figure?

I had a look under the floor boards after work, there look like there are 2 fireplaces in the upstairs bedroom directly above where there missing chimney stacks are downstairs, seems sturdy enough to me, there are a couple of thick beams coming out from the wall, though that maybe just to hold...

Best case they are supported and the chimney cap will sort the small damp problem? Worst case its unsupported and may come tumbling down at some point in the future? At that point 6 inch circle of possible damp problem wont seem so bad at all

If I was able to lift the floor board/s in the upstairs bedroom, would I be able to see if it was properly supported?

If the chimneys have been removed in the living room I think it was around 1955. Is it something I need to worry about? Meaning if the work was done correctly, surely if its been ok for this long? Asides from the little bi of damp I mean

I dthe know really, the one concreted over chimney in the front room is fine, I had just figured it had sagged a bit with damp or maybe it was just a bad job in the first place? Worth mentioning the bedroom directly upstairs does not have it removed and the wall seems fine, how would I check if...

Hello, I have a bit of a problem, I recently bought a house which is around 80 years old. The house is in general great condition, though I did have around 10 layers of paper to take of in the living room, nightmare. The situation is - The living room has be joined or knocked...

wrong thread sry