Recent content by Johnny crossan

I'm worried again :( if the joists are shared and run through the party wall and will be affected - does that involve the PWA anyway? And even if they leave them in place and add new joists with hangers fixed to the face of the pw instead of being built in - for a new raised kitchen floor on...

Thanks again Woody. The good news is that they've just revised their plans to remove the chimney breast and apparently just new floor joists in modern brackets screwed to the party wall don't require a PWA - so they don't need to worry about us any more...

Thanks Woody, that's helpful but surely, the 20 ' outrigger party wall is supported on both sides by chimney breasts on all 4 floors (including converted roofspace.) Don't understand why we would have to contribute to making good the party wall if it is damaged. It may be 120 years old with...

On 5th August our neighbours served a Party Wall Notice stating they proposed to remove the kitchen chimney breast and put in a raised floor starting on the 17th August. We live in a Victorian villa type semi (1899) 2.5 storeys with a 20' outrigger which contains the party wall affected. On our...