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Ive tried to fix this joist this weekend, but the joist hanger I was going to use to fix to the trimmer to pick up the 1st floor joist gets in the way of the masonry hanger in the wall. This is be uses the joist is too close together wall. What I guess I'm after is a type if L bracket that I...

Thanks Gregors, I'll go and buy some tomorrow and make sure it covers wet, dry rot and woodworm and contains biocide as you have suggested. Thanks for your help, I'll just be spraying it on all exposed timber

I'm looking at the below product http://www.safeguardeurope.com/products/soluguard-woodworm-treatment.php Should I be looking at a preventative treatment for wet and dry rot too?

Thank you very much for the advice......I spoke with North Hertfordshire building control today and spoke to one of their seveyors. He said I don't need to go down more than a foot as I'm already in the celler and my house is on chalk, already a solid substrate unlike clay. .....but he did...

Ive recently installed an RSJ which sits on two steel posts. One of these posts sits on the top of my celler wall. I want to lower my celler floor and therefore do some underpinning. I will do this at a later date, but for now I'd like to just do the section under the steel beam load as I...

Noseall- just seen your reply and this sounds I better idea of using a trimmer to pick up the last cut joist. You mentioned using sleeve anchors to fix the trimmer into the wall but how would I do this if the trimmer is going head on into the wall? I'd use a joist hanger for the end on...

I've racked together joists using a nail plate. I have only done this on one side as I cannot get to the other side because of the wall. I have bought a meter length bit of wood which I will use to span the joint and bolt using M10 coach bolts and nuts. My question is should I be buying...

Thank you for all the advice.....Loply I'm thinking yoir idea us the best as a 1 meter long fixing or joint I'd imagine should be a lot stronger than if I bolt existing joist to wall or use a shorter steel plate to join the timber. I'd worry the two later may split the wood under load. By...

Well yes....if I could extend the joist to also sit on the steel that would be great but I wasn't sure if it was sensible or if there was a practical way of joining timber to timber and extending the joist whilst still maintaining its strength and stability. Id like to hear some solutions...

Would a couple of M12 threaded rods be ok for this 1st floor joist that needs supporting? .......with about 100mm going into the brick face

I've just looked up thunderbolts. Not used them before. My bricks are a type of brick with around 16 hollow holes in them. It's annoying because whenever I drill into my bricks they just crack and split as the hollow holes cause this to happen. Which is why I initially thought of resin and...

Thanks for reply, the white thing is actually just the wall, but painted plaster. It looks deceiving in pic i know. Would you use chemical anchor bolts with the resin?

I have put in a steel beam today which is bolted to two steel posts which in turn sit on pad stones under the floor. On the bottom of the steel is also welded a plate for the joist to sit on. I'm an hiding the steel within the floor so have cut the joists. However the joist closest to the...

I am currently renovating my Victorian property and have all wood exposed. This is suspended wooden ground floor joists, first floor joists and rafters in loft. My house is completely gutted and generally speaking all wood looks in ok condition however there are some areas which show either a...

I am currently renovating my Victorian property and have all wood exposed. This is suspended wooden ground floor joists, first floor joists and rafters in loft. My house is completely gutted and generally speaking all wood looks in ok condition however there are some areas which show either a...

I have a neutral in a connector block in the light switch

Thank you for all replies. The fan is an manrose fan and I will be using the timer option. I want to the fan to work off the light and stay on for 30 secs after I leave bathroom. I also want an isolator switch on outside if bathroom to cut out the fan if I wish before the 30 secs is up...

Thanks, I will scrub the mould off and hopefully once I get ceiling and insulation back up I won't get mould growing back.