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this is the joist before it snapped - I was digging the rubble out from under it when I snapped it

No east midlands area, Is it possible that is just rot? this area was in a cul de sac - perhaps not as well vented as could be?

need lead pipe replacing had a range of quotes.. some want to go around the house to the back where the kitchen is, some want to go straight thru the house.. what's best?

hi - its 1920.. and yes one of the joists snapped! actually in the out side only had 10 or 20 holes ☹

odd the one next door has almost none!+

doesnt seem to be meany holes but the bottom of this joist just crumbled! found the odd floorboard that was not structurally sound is spraying an option? or u think rip all floorvboards out and paint joists.. take opportunity to add underfloor insulation / new feature floorboards?

most boards seem solid - few joists on verge of crumbling here and there is spray ok? I should be able to plaster my walls first?

some had dust sprinkling out. so I think its active :(

bought a house - knew it needed work - but 'simply' knocking the wall down to make kitchen diner has snowballed... had some damp proofing done and the *big* chap found out we had woodworm. Turns out quite a few boards are riddled. what with new kitchen we looking at doing all the...

no was just wondering I could join the new 22mm pipe to the lead pipe in the lean too just outside our back door.. thats probably about 1 meter of lead shorter. than now. right now the old stop cock tap is jammed open have to go out into the street to turn off mains. I want to do this...

just remeasured and the existing joists are 100 mm by 50 mm they are spaced unevenly 40 to 45 cm apart are u suggesting the thicker joists to prevent sagging? actually seems I have dug down at least 20 cm below the level of the existing joists ( if they were extended over the new void )...

ps is that a 15 mm feed pipe? I suppose I would be better getting the mains up to it.. right now the mains comes in as 25 mm lead.. then shrinks to 15 mm copper.. it has 3 or 4 T junctions before it gets to the boiler. I need to redo the pipe work anyways,,,, want it under the floor...

ok reading up some more.. lead pipe comes in as a 25 mm it narrows down to 15 mm copper which has a seized main. - this rises to the bathroom above ( still 15 mm copper ) where it T's 3 ways ( shower/bath - bath sink - feed to seperate toilet/handbasin - ) the 15 mm then goes over to...

pics of existing installation - for planned push fit pipes..

havent got a close up.

searching for photo now - if it doesnt exist -will have to take one... but basically the exterior ground is about the top of the bottom course of blue engineered bricks in previous photos

yeh 2200 mm is the span - go I need to put a wall in the middle to stop sagging? this will be a heavily trafficed area - heavy cooker - cupboards etc above. theres actually a bit of a wall there already - footing of an old pantry - I could follow that line - giving span of about 1000 mm...

span is 2200 mm i was going to use the same joists as the rest of ground floor - look to be 100mm by 50mm ( from memory ) was planning to just extend or place overlap adjacent to existing joists.. the brick work looks in good condition - so maybe bolting the hangars straight onto wall -...

yep pic with green house is the wall thats been knocked thru. I will have to take a course of bricks out to get the joists to meet up. I took a few bricks out to take the photo.. when you say soft wood plate - what size wood do you recommend? I found metal hangars-...