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He'll be a typical baby weight - I was more concerned about weight from above on a weakened joist - a joist weakened by the hole put in it - rather than by the weight of the baby.

It would mean removing the plaster from between the joists - which is doable but I'd prefer to avoid doing that. If screwing into the joist is a no-no, then I'll make a tripod to suspend it, but that's not ideal. I've had a look on some hammock manufacturers websites, they all recommend a screw...

I have a baby hammock that I want to attach to my ceiling. I live in an old house with exposed ceiling joists, which are also the floor joists of the floor above - if you see what I mean. The joists are not very large at all, they are only 2x4". There are loads of guides to hanging heavy...

Sorry, the airbricks would be for the front wall of the property, the living room has a suspended floor, the kitchen at the rear is a solid floor. As the damp is to the rear wall and the wall dividing the two rooms internally I though airbricks might help vent the solum under the living room and...

Okay, sorry. Thought I'd give as much information as possible rather than just say, I have damp and wait for others to tease the information from me. The damp has been thrown up on a survey (it's a house only just coming into my ownership) The partition wall lies in the middle of the house...

I have damp to the base of an internal partition wall. I believe the cause is manifold, but believe it is caused primarily by the fact the outside floor level is the the same as the concrete kitchen floor and that as the drain pipe discharges onto the external ground the water penetrates through...

Old topic, I know, but having read it there are a few points I just cannot get my head around. The principle behind water failing to rise, by capillary action, through a wall made of brick and mortar, is that the capillary size of the brick and mortar do not match, as capillary action can...