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OP, The bottom of the gutter that I'm referring to is the external bottom of the gutter thats in touch with the stone ie. sitting in a pool of condensation. the stone. Perhaps you would like to post about the chimney damp difficulties in the building forum?

Spigot & socket were the traditional names for male & female ends of CI gutterings. Its my experience on site that the typical modern terms are male & female. This keeps things simple & avoids confusion given the common use of spigot and socket for down pipes & outlets. I've never heard or...

and? whats your point? and why the capitalising? perhaps, given the difficulty you still seem to have with simply expressing your point, you find yourself shouting? unfortunately, inarticulate roaring isn't an argument. Your referenced "expert" doesn't appear to know that a sprocket is part...

OP, Given that you have no leaks then why not wait on doing any roof work until you have funds for every remedial item - that way you only pay for one erection of scaff. CI guttering sitting on stone will typically rot out from the almost permanently damp gutter bottom thats permanently in...

OP, On the face of it, these few things are minor items in terms of buying a house. They are probably insignificant in terms of cost - dont sweat them, if you want the place go and buy it - just so long as the Survey Report is roughly in line with whatever the surveyor has already told you.

What kind of joist's? How are the joists seated - on wall plates or built into the wall(s) or on built-in hangers or ledgered hangers? Please post pics ref your second question.

pavingexpert.com has massive info on various covers. I would go for the simple solution, recessed covers might cause more difficulties if and when they have to be lifted. Always plan for the worst or the unexpected: just because there's no weight on the covers now doesn't mean that there wont...

If I understand what your question is: Then you could bed down off-cuts of slate or similar across the cavity in each joist bay. But more important is that the the warm roof insulation crosses the cavity to butt up to the back of the fascia.

OP, Why even use a single joist - no joists are needed? Simply measure off the positions of the hangers, and then set them, and leave them until convenient.

OP, You've got concrete plain tiles, and each tile has two nibs. The tiles should be double nailed at all roof edges. Small cut tiles edging the valley are typically holed to give two fixing holes - the cut tiles are screwed not nailed. Tile and a Half tiles are available and work well when...

As above - you will definitely have to trim some slates. But first, let the slates that you intend to trim run full length before taking a chalk line across them to mark a neat trimming line. Do you propose replacing the fascia & guttering on the RH side? I look at the ridge and it seems to be...

2" x 4" screwed at every 150mm's for bearers. Yes, I can now see the cut edge is 18mm so I apologise for getting it wrong.

Dont bother about making good with dash, a flat background is best - but if you must then there's usually enough loose stone at the base of the wall(s) to fill a patch. Builders supplies would usually let you have a handful of stone from a larger bag. A sand and cement mix can be bought dry in...

OP, What you show in your pic is ply not chipboard, and it looks like 12.5mm (1/2") ply. Anyhow, just screw on a bearer/batten, & add the noggins as you suggested above. Typically, sub-flooring is a min of 18mm and is screwed and glued to the joists - why are your joists double joists?

You will have to bite the bullet, & hack off to background masonry, then take pics and post them on here. Is that an external wall - if so is the outside rendered? Your post should be in the building forum.

There's different kinds/sizes of chipboard - what size piece are you thinking of laying as a filler piece? Do you have a pic of what you've opened up?

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OP, What do you finally intend to do - re-install a cooker etc. or something else? Will the gas pipe be used in future? The damp could have been connected somehow with the extractor - what kind of ext is it? is it connected to a SS flue liner? Have you examined the stack terminals & flaunching...

OP, There's no urgent need for a rebuild, it would depend on your future plans for the property. The lean has occurred over many years from weather conditions. Raking out, repointing & damaged brick replacement might work. The stack was built with sand & lime mortar. Sweep the two flues. The...

After removing your "fireplace" & "fireback" - what do you propose to do then? Do you intend to install an appliance of some sort? FWIW: there's masses of Fireplace Removal posts in the search facility.