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Many thanks, will make sure they are not Stone Masons. Regards

Thanks that was what I hoped. I thought the RSJ would be giving pressure accross the bricks and not just in a verticle line.

Thanks, yes it will be done by a gas safe engineer, but I just wanted to get some idea if the hole could be some 4 feet lower than the RSJ and a bit to the right. I don't know if a Gas Safe engineer is qualified as a builder would be.

I cannot believe the previous owner got the brickwork repointed in places without getting any serious leaks sorted in the guttering. Anyway will wait to see what transpires.

Thats why I think it's the same problems we have had. An Oak tree can drink as much as 75,000 gallons of water from the ground, the roots go looking for water. Now we have had two similar Oak trees removed our house has risen back to normal.

If the gutter is leaking and was the cause for sinking ground, then get it fixed before getting insurance company to look at the problem. I still hope it's the trees that are the fault as ours were. Nice to not have a garden full of leaves every year.

It was on our house insurance for subsidence cover. We had to pay £1000 excess, they paid the rest. In 2008 the insurance company coughed up £130k to their contractors. If your insurance covers subsidence then pass it to them. It's was quite a long process, we are on clay, and the Oak trees were...

I would say you definately have subsidence. We are going through the same. We had an insurance claim in 2006, got sorted in 2008, but has returned. We had two Oak trees taken down after getting the council to agree as they had preservation orders on. The Oak trees were responsible. They were in...

Hello, I want to put a balanced flue gas stove in a room (by GasSafe engineer) However there is an RSJ at celing height supporting an upstairs wall. Is there a rule of thumb measurement for a hole made near to an RSJ. Hole size 6 inches diameter. The hole will be some 2 feet below and 2...