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The building is from about 1900. Doesn't look to me like the binder was ever attached with hangers and definitely not supported. It's kind of half way between the two pictures below: purlin (supported on brickwork), purlin struts and binder present but no hangers and looks like three ties were...

https://fet.uwe.ac.uk/conweb/house_ages/elements/section5.htm

I noticed a crack developing in the ceiling around a year ago but it wasn't too bad so I didn't think much about it until repainting recently after the lockdown started. When up the stepladder to do the cutting in I noticed that there was a reasonably significant looking sag and decided I'd...

thanks for the advice - since it's not a simple job i'll get onto the landlord

i'm having problems with the turbomax in my girlfriend's rented house where the hot water system overheats and cuts out after a few moments of operation then comes back on again - so hot water goes intermittently boiling hot then cold. pressure is at about 1.5 bar and the problem happens...