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Thanks again for your help Doggit. I think it's the other way around, the wall where the door is stiff is supported by the upper RSJ and the wall with the cracks is supported by the joists (although it's difficult for me to confirm this without lifting more floorboards up). The nails on the...

The internal garage that was knocked through had two walls, so it was a corner that was knocked through which presumably is why there are two RSJs. The lower RSJ is in line with what would have been the back wall of the garage and continues beyond that to the next supporting wall. The upper...

Sorry, I don't think I described this very well the first time round. The lower RSJ is perpendicular to both the beam with the crack in it and the wall with the cracks from the corner of the door frames. The upper RSJ is parallel to the beam with the crack in and probably half way between that...

The lounge is below, it was extended by knocking through an internal garage. This is why the RSJ was installed. I've put a broom stick underneath it (that's the best I have...) and to be honest it does look like there could be some bowing. It's difficult to tell though. Sounds like it's a no...

The beam with the crack in it runs parallel to the wall that has the cracks from the corner of the door frame (it's about 40cm away) and perpendicular to the RSJ. It's also perpendicular to the wall with the door that sticks. It's about 30cm long that I can see and is much thicker by the joist...

The crack I was referring to was in the first photo, on the beam to the right of the image. How serious is the joist not being tight enough and how difficult / expensive would something like this be to fix? Sorry for what are probably really naive questions...

Thanks Doggit, that makes sense and is definitely a (albeit less pleasing) possibility... There is a floor board that's extremely creaky that I've just had a look at and there is a approx 20x30cm hole cut in it... I've had a look and took the following photos. Does this mean anything to anyone...

Thanks for all your comments guys, they've been really helpful! Seems like the most likely explanation based on your responses is it wasn't properly propped up when the work was originally done. In this case, am I right in saying the movement would all have happened while the work was being...

They were stiff when we moved in four months ago, it's only really one door that's significantly stiff, but the area it's stiff is between door and floor. The door is directly below the RSJ. The cracks I only noticed a month ago, but to be honest it's quite possible they were there when we...

Thanks for the quick response! The work was done four years ago, but in hindsight I do wish I'd done a survey... both our solictitors and the people who did the homebuyers report said it wasn't necessary. I've attached an image of the widest crack as suggested

I purchased a property a few months ago that had an internal garage knocked through to extend a lounge. This involves removing a load bearing wall and installing an RSJ. The work was completed four years ago and has a buildings regulation completion certificate. When purchasing the property I...