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We have a new obstacle... all the joists have electrical cables running through them :rolleyes:

Apologies for the delay - kids! I'll upload photos of the joists (I've labelled them with numbers to stop any confusion). We're now suspecting there ARE 4 joists affected as the ones to the right are fine but the downstairs breast extends wider than upstairs and crosses another 2 joists...

No worries - thanks for coming back so quick! This is the first floor, yes. The stack is gone from the loft/roof. The stack was trimmed all round. I'll try and get a photo later (I don't fancy falling from the ladder while there's no one else home!) Would we need extra joists to cover the hole...

This is an ex-council house. We found a section of the breast that had no brick, just brick sized mortar. We has had a couple of rows where each brick was in a different orientation - vertical, horizontal, on its side. It's been a journey and I never want to do it again. :LOL:

Just waiting for google to update so I can add photos of the situation.

Hi! The downstairs breast is an extra brick thick and the joists are just resting on that. I've actually been using the wrong images and the joists are actually 450mm centers only two rest on the breast below. The gap between end of joist and wall is actually 340mm, not 250mm. A third is running...

Ah ha! No, I completely understand! Thank you! I'll have a think and do a bit more research.

Thanks for your reply. Could you expand on the bending stress? The chimney below will be removed (I don't think I mentioned that) so the joists will be floating in mid air. The dividing wall isn't a party wall - just the wall between two of our bedrooms.

Hi all, We are removing our chimney breast and are down to the floor of the 1st floor bedroom. The floor joists for the bedroom rest on the chimney breast below which is 1 block bigger for the joists to rest on. The joists run from the back exterior wall to the top of the chimney breast (about...

It'll be a craft room/room for the kids to play in and a store room to the left. I had thought demolition but our budget is small, it's already taller than 2.4m so we can convert without planning and a new build would be subject to height restrictions so close to the boundary. I've watched...

I've been looking at the span for 0.5kn pr sqm. Not sure if that's correct. I will need a structural engineer to confirm.

Interesting. Just been on their website and we would require 300x72 at 400 centres. I'll contact them for a price. I like the interactive span table on the website - great for late night research! I'll have a conversation with BC tomorrow about their expectations (we've gone private as our...

It is staying. It doesn't have to, I guess. I just never thought about it being removable... Hmmm Will be checking foundations after Xmas. If good enough, the 3m and 4.5m isn't too bad. 7x2 for a 4.5 span.

Some more photos for condition and layout

Hi, We are converting a double detached garage at the back of our garden. It will need building regs approval because of the size (45sqm) and being at the boundary on 3 sides. I am struggling with the roof - The open span of it (5.79m) is not even in the span tables so I am imagining we will...

We have a large, detached double garage that we'd like to convert into a hobby room (no sleeping or toilets). It has a corrugated metal roof on it at the moment which is in really good condition that I could reuse but it's been mentioned that it could sweat over the insulation/rafters etc and...

My thoughts are that there is some kind of flue behind it and the small gap between stud walls upstairs is also housing that. If we could reduce it, that would be good as it takes up a lot of space (the room is only 2.5m wide as it is). The radiator will be moved anyway. The hearth under the...

Hi all, we have just bought our first house and there is a chimney breast in the dining room that is hollow when knocked on. We would like to knock it down but will need to get surveyors In to let us know it isn’t structural. there is no breast upstairs (but there is a small gap and false walls...

We've got lots of patches that have just fallen off or been scraped off when removing furniture so my guess is that it's not in the best condition. I've been advised not to plaster over it as it will just crumble off and to board over it but we can't really afford to lose those precious...