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What sort of advice would you like?

It's a really easy problem to fix. You need any old piece of softwood - dowel, floorboards, joist cut off, garden fence as suggested above, etc etc - anything. With a stanley knife, whittle the end into roughly the shape and size of the screw body, (but slightly larger). Hammer it into the...

Can you access to cover the insulation on the inside with plasterboard? - that would make a difference

So you just want to remove the right hand side of the shelving unit, and the shelves. It seems unlikely that the right hand side of the cupboard is supporting the ceiling joists, but you could have a look in the loft to check that the joists on the right side of the chimney are supported by the...

Where are you?

I imagine a web search for QRISK would tell you exactly what it means.

Is it just the shelving you want to take out? If so, can you remove some surface to check what they are made of?

So I'm curious where the surveyor thinks the damp is going to 'breathe' through the lime to? Lime in building helps keep the inside dry by moving water from the inside (generally higher humidity) to the outside (generally lower humidity)... (and absorbing then releasing water - regulating...

What's behind the wall?

As an amateur, I'm wondering if this is a situation where you do actually want water to travel through the walls or not - if it's underground then I'd think you'd want tanking rather than breathability .

That's an entirely reasonable quote - just as long as the new joists are 18 carat gold rather than 9 carat!

Ask a local... Looks like lime to me...

Tiger

I'd go with aluminium sanding sheet on a square wooden block and do it by hand

I've not tried it, but have read from a reputable source that the best way to remove soot is with fresh cowsh#t - gotta be fresh apparently!

Could the sound be travelling through the void under the floor?

Photo?

If you're on a budget, maybe consider keeping the tiles? ...if it ain't broke...

Maybe some pictures will help... Here's a farmhouse (note the thin things sticking out of the roof - not running on something that comes in a can) https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo/country-farmhouse-uk.html Here's a cable - it's like a pipe for moving electricity from the farmhouse to the EV...