Recent content by BenH1

Structural engineer gave me the go ahead and installed as photos!

I wasn’t sure as there appears to be little consistency in the actual brickwork. Look near the top, the courses line up quite a few times, and the sizes are pretty irregular. I’m end of terrace, so hip to gable needed, gas meter needs moving, and I’m in London…

I have considered workshopping/ studio’ing it, but would need to clad new joists as old ones aren’t strong enough. Been quoted £10-15k for that or £45k for a full conversion. my concern is the wall may only be half-brick/single skin, so may crack the old mortar.

Hi, I'm in the process of completely clearing a loft of 5 years of rubbish (some in photo) but wanted somewhere to keep my tools. Would a shallow wall cabinet be OK to hang on the brick wall pictured? Was going to place battens on the wall, screw some 18mm plywood to the wall and hang on...