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Hi, I have posted some bits on removing a chimney breast. Whilst making some holes in the ceiling in the 1st floor back bedroom i have noticed that in front of the chimney breast in the ceiling there is a wooden joist that runs next to the floor joists in the ceiling and ontop of this joist is...

Sorry mate but excuse my building ignorance but how does that explain the chimney narrowing off from the ground floor to the top

Hi, I am looking to remove the chimney breast on 1st floor and second floor at some point but just wondered if Chimney's normally narrow off as they go up to the roof. The chimney breast is alot deeper on the ground floor than it is on the 1st floor, just wondered if this is normal or why they...

Thanks mate, great help.

Thanks everyone, Hotrod, I assume what your saying is the best bet is to get my mate (joiner) to put a sill across the bottom of the current door frame as there is not one its just the sandstone step. He can put the sill on and then this will be level and just fill the gap under the sill...

Looking at it now I think you are right, it is a stone step. Should I remove it and create a new concrete one

Hi, I have a victorian property and the front doorstep is a concrete step. Over the 100 years the house has been standing the step has worn away in the middle so now it has a valley in it and as such a big gap under the door. I am soon getting a new door made but wondered is it possible to put...

Yes it's a 3 storey, I want to remove it from the back room on the ground floor and then directly above in the backbedroom on the 1st floor and leave it in situ on the 2nd floor were it merges with the chimney from the rooms at the front of the house and out the roof. So I assume what your...

Hi people i am just after some advice. We have a 2 storey victorian town house which has a chimney breast both in the middle of the front room and then the bedroom above then into the 2nd floor bedroom. The same is in the back room of the house then running into the back bedroom...

Hi guys, I have made the decision and have started stripping our victorian staircase. I am using a heat gun and it's working fine and the paint is coming off and it has been varnished which is coming off with lots of sanding. I know its going to take forever but think it will be worth it in the...

Hi, I am currently putting an ensuite on 3rd floor of victorian town house and would like some advice re pipe work and the joists. The joists are about 14ft long and they run from the back of the house into around the middle of the room and they are then attached to the side of joists the...

Hi, The joists are about 14ft long and they run from the back of the house into around the middle of the room and they are then attached to the side of joists the same size that run to the front of the house. The joists are spaced at around 2ft intervals so there are quite alot in the floor...

Hi, We are looking at completing an ensuite in the top floor bedroom, the house is a victorian property and i have taken the floor boards up in the section were the ensuite is and i am going to plywood the area and then it will be boarded again for the tiling of the floor. The joists are 7" x...

Thanks guys, appreciate the help.

Thanks for the reply i assume this will be better than using the plaster mix or the the other plaster stuff that plasterers use on brick work is it that dot and dab stuff. Sorry about the none technial terms. Lee

Hi, We are in the process of putting ensuite into master bedroom and i just wondered the room that is to be the ensuite has been stripped and skirting removed. As a result it's just the visible brick were the skirting board was. A new shower tray will be fitted etc but wondered can i patch...

Hi, We are converting 2nd floor of our victorian house into master ensuite, the house was renovated 2yrs ago by a builder who we then bought it from. The house has 12 radiators and has one bathroom, but this will be two shortly with the ensuite. The boiler put a sime boiler in, which i believe...

Hi, We have been living in our victorian terrace for last 2yrs and last year i noticed that the old wooden facia board had come away fom the front of the house in one corner and that birds were getting in and nesting. I am not sure what they are but very small dark coloured things. At the end...

You can not get into the space above, it is probably enough gap to put insulation between existing ceiling and roof of house. Only concern with it been the top floor, ie roofspace i dont want to lower the ceiling anymore than it is. Shall i leave it or would the insulation make a hell of a...

Hi, Need some advice re our 2nd floor bedroom that we are turning into our master bedroom with ensuite. The ceiling is the old lat and plaster but is in good condition. We are moving a stud wall in the room to make an ensuite so it may get damaged in the process. I am wondering that i am pretty...