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Hi, Thanks for your reply. We cannot leave the trimmer in becuase it is resting on the chinmey/wall which is going to taken down. We have thought of sistering the joists, with a 3 foot overlap and securing with a number of bolts? Thanks, Charlotte

Hi, Background: We are removing the chimney from the middle of our Victorian house from roof level all the way down to ground floor. In doing this we have opened the bathroom and a small bedroom, to make a bigger bathroom, and the kitchen and dining room to make a kitchen/diner. (We have had...

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Hi, Background: We are removing the chimney from the middle of our Victorian house from roof level all the way down to ground floor. In doing this we have opened the bathroom and a small bedroom, to make a bigger bathroom, and the kitchen and dining room to make a kitchen/diner. (We have had...

Hi all, Thanks for all your advice. We have decided to remove the cistern for plastering and just use a bucket of water and when we need to. Then we can keep the pan in place until we swap over with the new loo.

We are about to start decorating our bathroom and are trying to work out how we will cope without a toilet whilst we are mid project? We plan to rip everything out, go back to brick on the walls, have the room re-plastered and then install new toilet, shower etc. We are doing most of the work...