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It turns out that the joists are supported on the internal part of the outside wall by a long piece of timber embedded in the wall. This timber support ( a lintel?) is rotten and is disintegrating. If I prop the ceiling up will it be an easy task to add another support in the internal wall in...

I have a small terraced house over 3 floors. I have removed the floorboards and noticed that one of the joists had been cut back previously obviously due to rot. What they did is nail 1 piece on and I notice around this joist that the ceiling is sagging. Below it is the bathroom with a...

excuse my naivity if there is no anti grav valve fitted would the problems have been there from the beginning of the boilers installation? I cannot find the valve will it be a part of the boiler or located externally? regards

:cry: Hi We just bought a house with a gravity fed back boiler. The back boiler is a baxi bermuda 552. The boiler is on the basement floor with the water tank above it on the ground floor. the radiators from ground floor to top floor get hot when only hot water is selected on the...