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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, 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...

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...

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...