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You are asking all the right questions. Back in the day it wasn't uncommon to fit timber floors with minimal void beneath. These days, knowing the risk with that, if a floor is removed it can be a better option to replace with a solid floor. It's all speculation at this stage, so I would find...

If there are air bricks, it certainly was originally a suspended floor. Could the floor have been filled to make it solid? That can Sometimes be a better option than replacing timbers? Correct. Problem is, how much damage has it caused already? I would definitely establish what the situation...

The architrave is attached (probably nailed) to the window casing, which expands and contracts at a different rate to the surrounding masonry. I don't think it has come away as much as you think. Looking at the top of the architrave - the bit that hasn't been filled with sealant - the gap looks...

Typically you'd leave a 25...ish mm gap. How have you managed to slide a lintel in with a 3 or 4 mm gap above and below? A wider photo would help.

Professor Heinz Wolff.

Apart from being just wrong, the threshold is drained through the bottom of the frame. As it is there, the drains will be blocked and water has nowhere to go - except probably inside. I hope you haven't fully paid that joiner.

When I was at uni we did a study on a local open air swimming pool. They had laid a new car park and came up with the idea of laying pipe under the tarmac. The pipe fed the pool pump and raised the temperature by x. I say x because I can't remember what the figures were. I only know that the...

First thoughts when I heard this story was a comparison with deep submersibles in the oil industry. (watched an interesting prog about it a year or so ago) They don't go anywhere near this deep (deep enough though) but they don't even get damp until the service ship with rescue equipment is on...

The tenant is wrong. A restaurant falls under Class E. As Blub says, a fish and chop shop does not fall under class E (or any other class) and therefore a change to class E would require planning permission. The difference is 'consuming on the premises'.

"My useless smart meter is back in it's box in the cupboard". Pamela Wakeling must be very confused about where her electricity is coming from, now she's disconnected the meter and put it in her cupboard. I suspect Pamela is confused about quite a lot of things.

Wonder where he got that lintel from? Been a while since I've seen one uninsulated.

Fortunately it's a mortar crack, which can be repaired fairly easily. Could be any number of reasons, none to worry about. Repairing a crack like that is as good as adding a tell-tale. Repair it, photograph it and check it again in 12 months.

Personally I'd go for the brick. One and done. No maintenance.

Nowt to worry about there. As noseall says, standard defects in the wood. Do you have brown facias and gutters? Brown tends to expand and contract like crazy. Very creaky noisy.

Condensation is caused by too much water vapour in the air for a given temperature. Cold air contains a higher density of water vapour than warm air. Too cold and too much vapour and you will get condensation. Old walls tend to be cold so the vapour condenses on cold surfaces - usually at night...

If there are no PD restrictions, listed building etc. removal of a chimney stack can be done under permitted development. You mention 'apply for PD', I assume you mean applying for a certificate of lawfulness. If so, just add it to the application. You are best applying before the work, just in...

A bit of info on construction and situation would help for context. Vents are important but from your description you may have more going on than ventilation will resolve on its own. Do you have trickle vents on your windows? What is the construction and age of the property? Do you have any...

Do building regulations applications time out? When did that start? They time out if work is not started within 3 years but once started as far as I know that are open indefinitely.

Yes, except the 90mm Celotex doesn't reach the minimum u-value of 0.18

Celotex don't make a 100mm full fill product. It's 90mm or 115mm.