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Their flue will what, belch out sulphurous smoke?

Good point, I guess I'm just grasping at straws for a reason for the bounce as opposed to deducing it from a structural perspective

For what purpose

Possible that opening in lounge was never there and room was originally divided by glazed partion/doors that have been removed and wall upstairs supported off double floor joists. Does upstairs wall support ceiling joists, if not it is not load bearing as such.

As John Cleese, Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbett said, you have to know your place

Don't bother you'll be long gone by then, GSTK

King George Vl, it was all to do with disinformation? And as for postponement of matches, whilst I like watching matches its something I can live without they will all get played eventually.

Bitter and twisted ex footballer who has lost the limelight of playing in front of adoring fans?

So notwithstanding the issue with septic tank the only issue is that their supply connection runs from a pipe in your house as opposed from a WC supply pipe outside your house. If it was moved to outside your house it would save you nothing as at the moment it is costing you nothing as it is...

No need to turn it off just turn it on by half a turn so they are getting some flow but at such a rate they will complain to the WC and let the WC take it from there

Unfortunately not and thats why we have trades and local handymen ( and women and persons)

Oops yes no problem then, only triangular weight of brickwork above it worry about, keep your hard hat on and try not to walk beneath it.

Which way are upstairs joist spanning. If they are perpendicularly to the opening get them soldiers supported withe a plank and a couple of acrows or length of timber asap

Doesn't really matter what the other side is, half the load on the beam goes to the left and half to the right. Its all back to your SE on why he feels the need to have a wide spread of the loads to your supporting foundations which will be as said earlier what the existing founds can take and...

My neighbours work at the moment, may be posting a picture of a collapsed house next week, but it does beg the question.

Do a search on "hanging heavy garden gate " that was posted 28 August for a bit more info

To little info for a guessed informed decision Heavy gate? Size? Gate post dimensions? Gate post foundations? No idea!!! Without any info I suggest you fix whatever you are going to hang the gate with with 12mm dia screwed rods drilled through the gate post and secured the the other side with...

Mmmmm? Keep the day job :-)

Possibly due to wood being more at risk from moisture degredation than brick thus a constant air flow/ventilation is considered desirable although this will reduce heat retaining properties?

Perhaps it to do with trying to keep cooking smells and cooking water vapours contained in the kitchen and extracting direct to the outside, same with wc but without the vapours?