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To the engineers out there, in a typical 1930 house, what was the regulations for the compressive strength of the brick used? Was it 5, 10, 15 or 20 N/mm2? Without testing on the brickwork, how would one know? Thanks in anticipation.

To Lol. @Notch - In response to your query about concrete being supported. To produce a suspended concrete floor, you can use a cellcore product (cordek) or a collapsible cardboard form. They are usually used to provide heave protection on suspended ground slab.

I think the issue is to do with the requirement that the depth of the strutting needs to be at least 3/4 the depth of the joist which then means that the solid strut clashes with the existing ceiling joists.