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@ tony1851 Thanks again for your advice. after speaking to a strustural engineer and sending him the photos he felt it was OK for me to remove the section as it seems there was a lintle covering the gap. I have now done this (see attached) and it all seems to be OK.... However on...

@ tony1851 - Many thnaks for your reply. Yeah, I do think I may need more than Duck tape - that was all I had at 8pm last night :-) I have got in touch with a structural engineer to see his thoughts on the matter. Thanks again

@ freddymercurystwin - thnaks for the reassuring message :? Any other thoughts?

@tony1851 - good point :-) I have attached a number of photos of the the area (I hope they make sense). Please excuse the black tape - I wanted to have a temporary solution to stop it falling in the middle of the night. I have also attached a diagram of how I believe the wall is...

Hi; I live in 2nd floor flat built in the late 70's I have a door between my living room and kitchen. It has been suggested that the wall may be load bearing. I decided to remove the wood door frame to make the opening a little bigger. Both sides of the frame were removed without much...

Thanks for the replies. @AronSearle - thnaks for the advice - I have a concrete floor at the moment, also not too sure I can float the floor. I am not too sure my neighbours below would be willing to have plasterboard :-) @dazlight - with your suggestion, am I understanding correctly that...

Hi; I live on a 2nd floor flat and I am looking to lay some laminate in my hallway and lounge. I would like to reduce the noise passing through the floor as much as possible and was wondering if it would be a good idea to lay both Fiberboard and Gold underlay under the flooring? Will...