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Sorry for slow response, got a little injured recently! Humidity - I'll have to figure something - hoping a mix of moisture resistant plasterboards, well sealed lights, and having extraction + ventilation in the attic space itself will help (one of the attic walls is an external one) Metal...

Hi all - hoping to get some steer on something I'm thinking of DIY-ing. Our place originally had ~4m ceilings, however the hallway, 2nd bed and bathroom ones were dropped to c 2.5m. We've just opened them up to find voids and currently in the process of restoring full ceiling height. However...

Thanks - yes a good spot, I checked my lease and indeed joists are the responsibility of the freehold Luckily I am a share of freehold + director of the freehold company so can retain accountability for getting it looked at properly now

Thank you. Luckily at early stages of reno so will definitely get it addressed properly. I will contact a few professionals to get some opinions on the best course of action too. Floors are all up, have attached another pic and will try and take better ones, yet only these 3/4 ends look...

Thanks for your replies. Floor is uneven all over which I'd like to fix and so thought I may as well get this properly addressed while floors are all up etc. Noted re dry rot - just did a quick google and I will try to get someone in to confirm. Luckily downstairs neighbour is very reasonable...

Hi - newbie here - first post so please bear with me Doing a renovation on my apt and have lifted all floorboards as levels are all over, I've discovered that a few of my joist ends are rotten - pic attached. I believe this was due to a historic leak but the water ingress has been stopped. I'd...