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No there are about five but I put two for simplicity. Why do you think the design is poor?

My sparky has suggested the following wiring diagram for the kitchen. The grid plate would be housed next to the fusebox under the stairs in the kitchen. Each radial (red arrow) will run to an unswitched socket behind the integrated appliance. I asked him whether each grid switch would...

@KenGMac Attached is a photo of the rod in full. All the noggings and tripled joists have been installed by me for various reasons. Regarding the washers/nuts on each side of the joist, I can image the amount of time to thread them as you pass each joist! Makes sense and i will be doing so on...

Hi Sunray. Thank you for your diagrams. I did think of doing it as you suggested (through the side wall) but I was concerned about drilling multiple holes and weakening the wall which is not very wide and has a large RSJ sitting on it which holds the back of the house up. I could drill one hole...

Hi Ken, Thank you for your detailed response. The last 2 joists the rod goes through have washers and nuts to 'hold' the rod to the joists, essentially tying it in. I was going to add another one or two rods in the same fashion along the wall. Regardless if it is still moving or not, £200 for...

Thanks all for your suggestions. Attached is a diagram of what I am looking to do. Blue box = timber suspended floor, Red box = kitchen extension with the concrete floor. Here are a couple photos of the kitchen before the timber floor was installed.

I just found a photo on my phone from the ground floor looking up. This is actually below the landing upstairs outside the bedroom. I am not sure how far up the render goes as the loft conversion staircase above these joists.

Hi Ken. It was a building surveyor, not an SE. He didn't offer any solutions as he was only a surveyor. The wall tie rod is similar to the one in this photo. It goes through 3/4 joists, not noggings. It is roughly 24mm thick...

121 year old joists.. I dont think the builder and the previous owner knew each other.

Jesus Christ the gap from the visible brick on the right of the image you refer to and the joist is 4 inches.

The photo doesn't do it justice as the render is straight and then angled. It is 3-4 inches.

I recently bought a house which I am renovating. The previous owner was a bit of a cowboy builder I've been told from neighbours and witnessed myself. The upstairs front bedroom has around 3-4 inches of what looks like cement or concrete render from the external wall. Photos below. The same...

Correct, 5 feeds not circuits. I've cut it down to 4 now. 4 different switched lights.

Could you explain why that would help? Surely larger cable is better? I've used 1.5mm for the lighting around the whole house.

I need to run ten cables listed below about 6/7 meters from the fusebox. They will go into screed for around 1.5m of the run. The screed is total 55mm deep, unless i grind out some of the concrete below. x5 - 1.5mm lighting circuits x3 - 2.5mm radials to unswitched sockets for dishwasher...

Surely 25 is better then 0. But I get your point. If I am going to put the effort and funds into 25mm, it might as well be 50.

This is great thank you

Thanks for the suggestion but this will reduce the internal floor space too much. Would you screw the batterns straight through the insulation into the brick wall behind? Thank you for this. Very informative. I wouldn't want to add more then 25mm as it is a large cost and will reduce the...

Hi all, We are doing a major renovation to our 1890s Victorian. Its a typical terrace style but unusually detached. We haven't lived in it yet but expect it to be chilly due to the solid walls. We are already installing 80mm PIR boards between the ground floor joists and 100mm Rockwool between...

Exactly the same happened to us when we were buying our house. In the end we refused to exchange until we had the council sign it off. I didn't want issues in the future when I went to sell the house or with insurances. Oddly, the council had the plans and noted the inspector visited the...