Recent content by mike1978

Yeah, i saw they were lacking a bit aswell - will probably bang a few extra in where it’s needed

Well I found the cause - it was really bugging me so I carefully took the floorboards up on the landing. I narrowed it down to joists being the culprit. Once the boards up, it was obvious that all the joists were pretty loose in the hangers. I drove some screws through the ends of them into the...

i did actually - i routed the backs of them out but obviously i didnt get it perfect

hi, Thanks chaps - i didnt use any straps or jacks or anything, but then the boards slatted together reasonably easily. The one thing i thought was that in one part of the room near when boards are creaking there is an rsj running through the room which the joists are sitting one - unfortunately...

Hi, I've just laid new pine tongue and groove floorboards on the first floor of our house. The joists below were replaced a couple of years ago and chip board was put on top of them. I'm replacing the chipboard with the floorboards as its a period property and they'll be finished and exposed...

Yep - we certainly get a lot of slug trails on the carpet in the mornings which my wife is convinced are coming up from under the floor! I think I’ll probably stick done better air bricks in at some point and attempt to clear out some of the wood debris aswell - hopefully tat might help with...

Here we go for pics - finally got done tonight i really need to take a couple of boards up near the wall to see what the ends of the joists are like

Sure, thanks - how come you suggest two sir bricks on right and then just replace the one on the left? i probably need to take a closer look at the joists which will be cemented into the front stone wall. There is no movement in the floors at the moment but defo worth me checking - prob at the...

Here’s the front elevation . You can see the two air bricks - i know the one on the left particularly is ground level which isnt great, but we dont get water pooling in this area that i have seen - i think it runs towards the road.

i've pulled the planter box out of the way so hopefully, that'll help. I'll have to see if i can get a pic of below the boards later on when i've finished work, but see below for the front. Its going to be tricky to put vent bricks in the internal wall where it steps down as the wall is about...

Hi, I have a house which was built in around 1820 and then converted to dwelling in around 1920. In the main living room, there is a suspended floor and the front of the house goes out on to the street. Today, i had to take some of the boards up to run some leads, but noticed the sub floor is...

Yep - i guess that would save me the hassle of pulling it all out and deposing of it. I guess it would help insulate the room better!

Hi, I'm renovating our loft room which was last decorated by the previous owner in the 80s. The whole room is plasterboard with painted woodchip wallpaper straight onto the plasterboard. Is there any way off getting it off? The room is 6m x 3m - i'm considering that i may have to remove all...

Here's the pic I have by the way - you can just see the water wheel for the mill at the bottom left -

Thanks Tony - good to know aswell. There are no worries with the abutments - quite substantial!