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They were screwed down as I can see one of the screws in the gap, it's actually been pulled/shanked away from the wood partially. Can't figure how this much force has been exerted, the wall the rafters are connected to hasn't seemed to have shifted that I can tell. Would brackets like these...

Recently had a flat roof re-felted and the plasterboard down off the ceiling and I've seen a small amount of movement in the rafters away from the timber wall plate (I think that's correct terminology?). Max 1cm, is the worst, not all rafters have moved, I'm guessing it could be shrinkage due to...

No I can't hear any cracking or feel any movement when walking over. Mostly worried about excess pressure on localised points of the block wall really. So with the dry mix sand/cement, is that a ratio of 3:1 like usual? Is it dry mix because wet would rot the wood, if I'm remembering...

For that resin, does it use a standard gun like you use with silicone? I probably won't be able to remove some of the packers I've placed in, but I can fill in-between, would that be ok? Thanks for your help.

No bigger than 1cm high, as deep as a block, so about 10cm. I've filled with plastic packers at the moment, between 1mm and 7mm (adding a 6mm and 1mm). Here is a picture, hope it's clear. Wall Gap by Apostle posted 31 Jan 2019 at 10:49 AM

I've moved into a mobile home which has a side extension, timber framed. The supporting beam below the wall sits on a block wall but the wall doesn't seem plumb and there is some gaps between the wall and wood. Can I fill this with something to secure the weight distribution?

Yes Dan, it's something I never thought of either, but whenever I next move house it'll be one of the first things I check. :shock: Yep, I could put fibrewool, or I think it's called rock wool, between the joists, and slabs of sound proof material on the walls. Debatable how much that will...

I am considering sound proofing the party wall in our basement, which was a garage before being converted into a regular room. The walls have all be done with wooden frames and plasterboard on top, so I guess it would be best to remove plasterboard, and put in some "dense fibre wool" in the...

Well, I'm no builder, I don't know the technical terms, but there is a long thick beam that runs the width of the house above where the "pier" is as you say. So I assume it's something major?! Well, I took some more photo's of the wall itself sticking my arm right in (expecting something out...

Yes it probably is similar to the slope of the hill that rises up behind our house. They did level the other half of the garage though, where the car would have been parked, but I guess they just left the rest of the slope as that was just a place to store things/workshop area,, not essential to...

I was hoping for some treasure, but instead got a bit of a disapointment. Not as straightforward as it seems to convert this space, but there's some interesting things in there. Take a look at these pictures. This is the room behind the bathroom wall. Notice the light bulb! I don't...

Erm, no! Thank goodness. I hope there isn't any nasty surprises behind the wall, aswell :shock: :shock: :shock:

I have found that there seems to be brick walls behind the plasterboard in the "living space" and behind the tiles in the bathroom. I have drawn thick brown lines to show where these are. Now the wall the runs from the top to the bottom of the picture, seems to be a load bearing wall as there is...

Mission accomplished! Thanks :)

Yes it activated two lights, the strip, and a small one on the stairs. Both the blacks were together, and reds together. This is as it was originally, all I did is remove the wires, before I thought I'd better seek some advice.

I am swapping this old strip light for a normal light fitting, but I believe this is a "loop in" wiring system which I'm not familiar with. What do I do with the extra red and black wires? Keep them together like on the strip light?

I see where you're coming from, I didn't make it clear in the picture I suppose. The space I labeled "living space" is where the garage was, and car was parked. The en-suite was a sort-of workshop area, or somthing, store room maybe? But yeah, so the living space bit is about 14' by 12' and...

The thought had crossed my mind. I blooming well hope not! :shock:

Yes, that's the word I was looking for, they are vinyl tiles indeed. Well I have some damp in the corner of the room, so that plastorboard is probably gonna need at least partial replacing, I'm thinking whoever sorts that out could give me an idea what to do.

Big-al I think I know what you're saying, but I'm semi-detached. I'd be slighly surprised if next door owned this space (that neighbour being the detached house next door), that would be a shock! They have a garage under their house too, so I doubt it really. This space I'm investigating is on...