Recent content by Distressed Female

I am not sure what has caused the rot, but there are no 'Bug holes'! As I said the place is over 300years old I was assuming that it was just very old timber. I have arranged for somebody to take a look at that next week. There was a certificate when I bought the place for some wood treatment...

Thanks Woody, I am sure that this will sound extremely dumb, but I am new to the area and don't know who to approach. Am I looking for a carpenter? a structural engineer? a builder?

I have a main supporting beam (downstairs) which has a little rot in one end. The beam is about 14 and a half feet across and I was wondering if there were any way that I can replace a part of it, namely the last 4 feet that is supporting the staircase! or do I have to replace the whole beam. If...