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No, sorry I have been unclear. The rot occurred in the flat above from a leaking sink and spread to the floor between the flats. The flat above treated their rot, replaced their floor boards and the rot affected joist ends. Then everything was sealed up and they sold it. The walls have...

Thanks for advice. Pics are difficult just now because the area has been sheathed in plastic to reduce the dust spreading. So I can't get far enough away to get a proper picture. 1. why were the joists replaced? there was dry rot from the flat above. they replaced the rotted ends but...

These problems can be caused by a lot of things. Often software driver incompatibility with the hardware and OS. Freezing is more associated with VISTA than W7. I have seen it occur due t fault RAM chips but this is usually accompanied by an eventual shutdown. You are unlike to get a...

It is circa 1900. The outside of the property shows no signs of movement at all. It is a granite property and there is a granite lintel above the window. All the windows have an inner wooden lintel to hold the joists of the above floors. The walls are solid granite, not rubble filled...

I have a wooden lintel to replace. It is internal and crosses a window gap. This is a substantial lintel of approximately 2000mm gap length depth of 300mm and height of 150mm. It support the above floor joists in 4 places. Should this be replaced with a set of concrete lintels or box...

I am in a block of flats, built in approximately 1880. We all had our gas disconnected recently for gas work to be done on one of the properties. When the gas guy came to reconnect mine he slapped a do not use certificate on my boiler. This is an old Glow-worm 45-60 and has been in the...