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Hi, Thanks for replies.. "But what do you mean by "bow?"" When I stand on the floorboards upstairs, the centre/in between joists of the board dips downwards about 1-2cm. It returns to normal place when no weight on the board. It's fine where the joists are. House was not damp when bought, and...

Hi all. I have a 1960 end terrace house. Problem is this. When I moved in 2.5 years ago, all floorboards were fine, but then the landing started creaking. Next thing I know, all floorboards are creaking. Then the landing floorboards started to bow when stepped on, and now slowly the second...

Hi, I have a 1960's house, 2 bedrooms, 2 floors. Downstairs in the living room, I can see 3 joists in the ceiling. 2 not so obvious, 1 is obvious which runs parallel to the stairs. I believe the term is sagging joists. Is this a problem. What is the severity? No cracks on plasterboard in...