Recent content by Steve4870

Great advice Tony - thank you

Tony - thanks for your response. That was my worry and why I was going to replace the wall with a wooden beam to support the joists. Your suggestion is another option although this would impact the useful space in the loft. Was my assumption correct then that the joists are not there to...

I have two bedrooms divided by a 3m long dark grey crumbly block wall built directly on the floorboards which I plan to remove - no wall beneath. The property was built in the early 60's and the roof construction does not have trusses - the rafters rest on the outer walls supported by 2 purlins...