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Hi, After a bit of reassurance regarding steel bearing plates. I have been recommended a builder and structural engineer. They have worked together in the past for a good friend of mine. The builder requested that I ask the se to spec steel bearing plates rather than concrete padstones...

Thanks for that prentice. So, should I find a Lintel further up, does this mean I can then neaten up the brickwork below it? J

Hi, I recently pulled out a 50's ish tiled gas fire to open up my hearth for a woodburning stove. The picture shows what I'm left with. I was prepared to prop the brickwork above the opening and fit a concrete lintel, but having removed a bit more render I revealed the original builders...

chimney breast after 50's tiled gas fire removed

so the damp man came the other day, and told me not to worry too much. No dry rot, no rising damp, just a lack of ventilation and a load of crap shovelled into the void by previous builders. The solution is to get the boards up, dig out the excess material, and patch repair joists and dwarf...

thanks Gregers. Pre- cavity walls I think. Re-the sleeper walls, do you mean bed some concrete blocks into the ground instead of strip foundations? j

thanks for the replies mark and gregers. I probably am overcomplicating things! Just want to do the job right. Mark, the soil is damp in places. Some of the timber plates and joists have been sitting in this damp soil, and are no more. there is relatively new concrete render on the walls...

Hi, I recently bought a victorian mid terrace house built around 1890. It needs some serious tlc. First job is to sort out the sub floor on ground floor level. joists have rotted away in various places as the ground level is above the dpc's atop the sleeper walls in places, and many of...