Recent content by Peterpiper

The neighbours bay brickwork between first and ground floor came apart from the wall and has been replaced with a c24 frame, filled with fibre insulation, covered in wood chipboard then waterproof sheeting and then wire to then be rendered. My bay window area also seems to be in early stages of...

Thank you blurp. I dug out the concrete and some of the brick work which was fairly easy as per picture. I'm now thinking of sistering the joists (never done anything like this before so excited and nervous lol) with c24 treated timber and I'll wrap ends with DPM and use M12 coach bolts with...

Thank you so much! Much obliged

Good morning, So ground floor chimney breast removed but concrete hearth and bricks below floor board haven't been removed. These appear to be supporting the joists so removal may lead to floor collapsing. Should I just place flooring on top after covering with DPM or do I need to take out the...

Hello everyonei hope you're all keeping cool. I've taken out this chimney and want to remove the top and bottom of this cabinet and replace it with a full top and bottom. Its painted ply and I have no idea as to how to remove it without damage to the the ceiling. Any ideas? Also this in on the...

When a chimney stack is removed the chimney pots no longer ventilate the roof so it's the same difference no?

The open chimney let's a lot of heat out during the winter and also I fear because the chimneys have been removed is causing a musty smell with the water egress onto the loft insulation

I'm thinking of closing an unused chimney pot with a pyrex lid sealed with no nails and covering any holes. The idea is I'll be looking to do a loft conversion in around 5 years so until then a cheap and cheerful solution. Insane or genius? Cowels cost around 40 quid and I don't fancy cutting...

I'm thinking of closing an unused chimney pot with a pyrex lid sealed with no nails and covering any holes. The idea is I'll be looking to do a loft conversion in around 5 years so until then a cheap and cheerful solution. Insane or genius? Cowels cost around 40 quid and I don't fancy cutting...

Hello everyone I'm new here. I've been removing the chimneys from my 1930s terraced house and done all the stack reinforcement etc. Having removed the majority of the brickwork in the stack it's clear that they're supporting the joist above as the end of the joist (3 inch wide and 7.5 inch high)...