Recent content by Dudefinch

You think caulk is ok for a 7/8mm gap?

I fkd up. I ordered oak window sills for our kitchen windows. One is ok, one is not. The length measurement I gave the supplier was for the edge near the front beading 1182mm. But just putting it up against the reveal now I see the back edge closest to the window is 1198mm, so there's a 7/8mm...

OK, so just yank them out, clean the hole, and see if they can go lower or higher on that end. That sounds like an option, and a fair bit cheaper than sistering another 4x2 to every one. I might try with one and see how I go. Many thanks

Unfortunately the old joist are 10mm or so out from each other at the wall pocket end. The new joists I think I'm ok with as I can move them around easy enough.

Thanks Tom. The only problem is the joists are mortared into the wall pockets (in the first pic you can't see them as they're near my feet). So not sure how I can raise or lower these, when those ends are some of the ones that aren't in line with each other.

Hi all, bit of background on my house/floor - 1930's detached. Suspended timber floor (100 x 50mm) on either side of a concrete pad which used to hold a wall up and old oven. I've removed and replaced (with 95x45mm C24) all the joists on the smaller section of the suspended floor as they had...