We have a oak beam on the ground floor which is cracked and bent. It supports a brick wall in the upper bedroom (or is meant to - there is now a 1 inch gap between the bottom of that wall and the floorboards!). We are going to replace this with a steel beam.
Currently one end of the beam is sitting atop / on the chimney breast - and does not enter into the party wall. The structural engineer has provided calculations - and says our new steel beam needs to start in the party wall.
I'm going to serve a party wall notice to the owners of the adjoining property. Is there anything else I require - I'm not entirely sure what "Building Regs" are and whether I need to apply for them first? Do I have a case for reporting this as a "Dangerous Structure" and obtain a Dangerous Structure Notice (given the currently unsupported brick wall in the bedroom - 1 inch gap - two meters long) - which would allow me to proceed without a P.W.A. which given the adjoining owner is the local authority will probably take more than the statutory two months to process.
Currently one end of the beam is sitting atop / on the chimney breast - and does not enter into the party wall. The structural engineer has provided calculations - and says our new steel beam needs to start in the party wall.
I'm going to serve a party wall notice to the owners of the adjoining property. Is there anything else I require - I'm not entirely sure what "Building Regs" are and whether I need to apply for them first? Do I have a case for reporting this as a "Dangerous Structure" and obtain a Dangerous Structure Notice (given the currently unsupported brick wall in the bedroom - 1 inch gap - two meters long) - which would allow me to proceed without a P.W.A. which given the adjoining owner is the local authority will probably take more than the statutory two months to process.