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ok thank you but what about storage purposes? how can i strenthen the joists? new ones or bracing needed?

Hi everyone this forumhas been a good resource for myself due to the good people here i have a loft with normal loft with normal 2 purlins on both side of the normal orginal roof. i want to store some things there such as heavy stuff i dont use much . i was seeing this site and people say they...

hi again just wondering why is the bricks(on the left) bridged together in your picture? is it no bridging the dpc? thanks you

Stuart, your a good man

one question i posted this forum but i did not get much reply was on solid wall but it has small gap in middle why would this be? builder said not cavity but wall is solid but has very small gap in between comparing to other old house i had it had solid wall but there was no gap in middle...

thanks stuart and ivor and notch and derekoo what good knowledge people !

could some people educate me about solid floors and how they are built? is this right lay dpm then insulation then lay concrete on top? I am building a shed by with help with builder but I want to do half. and how do i put rebar on it the builder will be doing this but I Want to know as I'm...

can the wall be toothed instead?

thank you stuart If a builder doesn't use any form of wall starters and build extension then what impact will it create? thanks

thanks a lot now i understand . very luck to not blocked it up as i thought it might have been for fireplace but it is serving a purpose. sorry for these questions, but you know if someone was building a porch would they tooth brickwork out and join the new bricks (is this suitable) or add the...

thank you you seem the most wise in this field and one question i have for a long time is that why are most air brick on the outside of the house they look very high so if they vent underfloor how are the bricks so high as compared to inside looks like the floor is lower than the air brick this...

Thanks a lot noseall one question the. chimney in my house how deep do the foundations go for that? or does it have no foundation too? I just want to educate myself as as new homeowner thank u

hello everyone. My house is 1920 built and i was wondering if it had any foundations? I want to extend from the sides during the rennovation but i want to know the workings behind the foundations. Could someone educate me. If a house has no foundations how do you check? and what exactly does...

so which one out of the picture you sent you think my 1930 house has? under the floorboards i see brick footings in the middle of the room thank you.

Thank you ivor now its making sense. Your a gem and a legend! so technically saying if the house is built directly on the ground that mean it has no foundations? but if the house bricks go below the ground that will mean it has foundation? so to check if the bricks stop before entering ground...

sorry for coming into this thread but how will one assess a house has foundations or not? so if it doesnt have foundations will that mean the house bricks from the bottom are straight sitting on the ground without no footings? i need this advice for the future thank you.

thank you googled it now looks like my wall is stretcher bond the wall has a slight gap in the middle but I can always add cavity insulation to it along with ewi As the room does get cold in winter! the wall measure around 10.7 inch btw I don't want to waste money installing the ewi on the...

evening during the renovation we have decided to use external wall insulation as the house gets cold and it will create a nice texture from the outside. The builder has quoted around £9500. However I got questions People say ewi isn't suitable for cavity walls but my house is solid wall but...

thank you jurassicspark, yes i will be having this switch for temporaily as the other one was very hard to switch on it was old i will be changing when i find a plastic one.

thank you! and the common to common? i will let you know how it goes.