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well hopefully that will be addressed, ive had the se round and hes hoping we can bolt the beam to a beam above the one in the kitchen, hes doing calculations, that way the wood can be removed. I have a spark coming to do periodic inspection and all other electrical bits i need sorting...

well here is what was holding the wall up, what a total nightmare its turned into, ive had a se round today who said we have 1 hope, that we can support the beam by bolting it to another beam what runs accross the house, if we cant, then have to either build the wall back or pull up masses of...

I have been looking for someone who i can use as an independent adviser as i will be taking the guy to court, but not having much luck with that either, solicitor was helping me but he hasnt come up with much so far, next door neighbour says i need a building inspector and it will cost 1000s for...

ok i have managed to speak to the SE from next door, he said he would come and have a look for an opinion only if i removed the floor boards. He said he didnt wanna get into helping people as it just gets so messy sometimes due to the nature of the situation, but he could recommend someone...

so if i have got it right now then? building inspector from council 1st explain sitaution, get help with plans to see what the wall was and if its safe? if it was load bearing then i need to ask the SE nextdoor or another one to come up with calculations? then get work done? in that...

its all a big mess really, the job is finished i am living here with my partner and 8 week old baby, i dont have any money because the builder who dissapeared with my 24k before the job was done left me with alot to do, the job cost me another 2-3k to finsh and then i also found lots of...

ok ill speak to him tomorrow and see if he can help, just will offer to pay for his services and see what he says, so i take it from what you guys are saying, he has to calculate the load of the house from the size and dimensions to decide whether or not that wall should be load bearing? its...

I was gonna do that but someone suggested i may end up in a situation where i "HAVE TO" have the work done, how does it work if the reg person says its not right? do i have time to fix do they do anything? or report you? if not then i will do that on monday thanks

hi, thx for the reply. I guess takin the f boards up would be the route if i vannot get the plans? I know they are hard to take up as i have took some up before, its liike they were put down before the walls were built, so very awkward to take up. How would i have noticed it soon as i went...

hi all, found this forum while looking for help with a problem. I had a builder renovate my house but to be honest its turned out to be the biggest nightmare ever. He ended up ripping me off, and taking money leaving job unfinished and since then when i investigated i found so much poor work its...