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    Suspended timber floor or concrete slab?

    Our semi was built in the 1900s with a traditional edwardian layout and modern extension at the rear. We moved our kitchen to the extension and now renovating the old kitchen. The "old kitchen" is suffering from rising damp on 3 walls (excluding the external wall) caused combination of things...
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    Kitchen/Utility/Downstairs WC - Layout decisions

    I'm going to re-jig my downstairs layout. The larger room (rear 1 story extension) previously housed a small utility room, bathroom and family room. These walls have been knocked out and now is one room. The smaller room is where the current kitchen is. We want to fit a new kitchen, small WC...
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    Best way to support floor after chimney removal

    So after a long weekend of removing my chimney from the attic and 1st floor I’m stuck! It looks like the 1st floor joists are sitting on timbers that are resting on the chimney. Whats the best way to tackle this? This is a bedroom that is going to be repurposed into a bathroom. Structural...
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