Recent content by TBQFH

It wont be as bad as that, the columns will only stick out 300 by 1000 and I'm going to box them in so all you will see is a 1000 column up over and down.

The place has been gutted so its no biggy the pillars The span is 3.385 and the floors were floating wood when they were there over dirt, I will be putting these back in later. I've already dug the footings for the pillars, just waiting for BC to come and check them before fill

Hi Guys and thanks for your replies I know it sounds a bit that way, without seeing the place. The problem is the only other load bearing walls would be the party walls as its a mid terrace. The other problem is that the chimney breasts when they get upstairs in to the bedrooms shoot...

Hi Guys, I am about to remove a weight bearing wall which has a chimney breast on either side of it. I have had a SE in and hes given me the calcs, hes requested four block columns either side of the bearing wall wit concrete footings, which sounds fine. Beam 1) Will run below one...

Brilliant thanks Tony Nice to hear its going to be an easy fix! :D

I probably complicated it with my rubbish little diagram! :lol:

Yes because I want to run the thicker joists the way they currently run, so that would mean I would be loosing the supports running the opposite way that are currently cut in to the party wall. The solid wall on the left is the party wall the, wall on the right is an old dwarf wall between...

Hi Tony, Thanks for the quick reply, that was sort of the thing I was thinking or hoping would do the trick! So you wouldn't put a concrete footing below?

Hi Guys, I've just registered but been a lurker for ages. I'm just in the process of doing up a circa 1860 terraced house, when purchased I knew the floors would need some attention, so no big shock so far lol I have lifted the floor boards on the ground floor and its not in the best...