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Hi, yeah I'm getting building control to help me with the beam specs. I will be measuring the available space this week, but I'm guessing my situation will be similar - there will be a wedge, but a full-thickness portion of the beam will be over brick.

Apologies if this is a duplicate. I'm attempting to floor my loft space. It currently has 47mm x 75mm ceiling joists, not enough for a floor. I am going to add something like 47mm x 200mm along side each existing ceiling joist, resting on the existing brickwork. I am not going to be...

Hi big-all Sorry I forgot to mention that I'm wanting to improve ventilation to avoid damp problems, the heat is just an annoyance. I thought I'd mention it as the temperature might affect ventilation or damp levels. Thanks for the clarification though.

Hi, I've got a loft in an 1890s two up two down, that has no ventilation whatsoever. There is also no over-hang (eaves?) where the roof hits the walls, so I don't think I can rig in ventilation there. I think that only leaves the outer wall itself, or the slate tiles. In the summer, as...

Yeah I'm aware of those parts, not sure how building regulations incur costs on top of the work though, I thought the work would be done to regs anyway. Tanking is being tackled separately, but getting the thing structurally sound for being a room is task one. I can do other parts of it...

Just a quick update. (Very) Rough ball-park from a reputable structural engineer and contractor is £5500 for digging out to a little below foundation depth, underpinning, and flooring. I didn't think that was too bad, but again, that is only a rough guesstimate based on dimensions.

Hi, I dug 5 pilot holes in the cellar over the weekend and each wall has different depths and types of foundation. Loft conversion quotes are frequently in the same region as cellar conversions. If I wanted a dormer window to make some usable space I'd need to start altering the structure of...

Working around it was Plan A, but unfortunately there isn't enough head-height and space to accommodate the current pitch - now on Plan B :-) Lowering the floor forces a requirement of a slightly steeper staircase. Looks like it's not a job I can do myself with any confidence. We are...

Yeah that's exactly my approach normally. The walls themselves have very little lateral support, other than being knit into the main side walls of the house and one small internal lateral wall. The stone work is just sheet stone from one wall to the other, so other than the mortar providing...

I have a stone staircase going down into our cellar. It looks as though it is knitted into the walls. The walls are either side of the staircase and run perpendicular to the house. It's a 2-up 2-down end of terrace with the staircase in the centre splitting the rooms. The ground to first...

Thin is relative as there is already 69" worth of mud I don't need to remove. Removing mud is also something that can be done fairly cheaply. The expense comes in to do with the foundations / moisture management. I've not decided on the ceiling height yet, but your information on the floor...

Hi. I was under the impression that the cost becomes prohibitive if you need to dig out a lot of the cellar, I've only got a thin layer on the floor to dig out. Unfortunately, there is no other way.

Hi people, Just signed up to post this topic, but I actually hit the site with fair frequency given all the DIY I do. I have a cellar that is 69" high from floor to ceiling, with a window to the front of the house. I have up-rooted a paving slab and dug down to find the bottom of my...