Recent content by Dereekoo

Gosh you have more knowledge about its construction than what the OP has flagged up in post 7

Well he has 2 choices then, point it up and hope it lasts for a few more years or pay some jobbing builder to demolish and rebuild at substantial cost, do you know any?

Another 15 years? , it appears to be strong enough sand to hold the blocks together except where tension forces come into play due to settlement

Well 1 metre of foundation has failed but totally knackered is a bit OTT

Its stood for 15 years so its solid enough, just a general point up required

It don't look good

Nothing a bit of plaster won't hide

Gyproc cove adhesive and scribe the wall if you have the energy/inclination. I have scribed and not scribed and never had a problem with the coving

Why not just look in the room above and see how the floor boards/sheets are screwed down? If the joists do not induce any loading on the wall then all the beam the has to take is the weight of 15 of those blocks plus weight of plaster (assuming its a single skin wall)

Middle route is calculate the load the beam will need to take and then calculate what the bending moment will be and select a suitable sized 2m long UB from https://www.steelforlifebluebook.co.uk/ub/ec3-ukna/buckling-resistance-s355

C Cor they are cheap as chips, I may get one although I would never use it

Well 2 joists without a steel plate can lift a 500kg load but the deflection would be 15mm which is 3mm larger than allowed on a 4.1m span

You have something in common

Well they would, hers have been dead for 64 years?

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