Recent content by MattTheRobot

I note also that these beams have a profile and look typical of cast iron beams, which further implies they are pretty old

Interesting explanation - this would make sense given what I'm seeing. Some more evidence against these being used for bracing - there is a decent sized gap between the legs of the pi shape and the top beam. I also note that the end of the supporting wall built next to the stairs has been...

The property is a 1920s solid-walled semi in Sheffield. It's been extended twice to the rear and into the attic. It's built on a hill sloping down toward the bottom of the attached plan. The basement is a small coal store under the hallway and part of the living room. It was boarded out at some...

Our kitchen floor is split between a suspended floor in the old part of the house and a solid floor in a new extension. The entire floor is ceramic tiled, on some kind of board backing in the old part. The old part is heated by a radiator, the new part by electric UFH. I would like to retrofit...