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I'm renovating an old stone cottage and on the first floor I have removed the ceiling joists and am going to fit a half collar ceiling. There are 2 purlins, one at the bottom and one at the mid point of the rafters. I have consulted a structural engineer and to do this they recommended steel...

I bought an old sandstone cottage built around 1750 that has rear and side extensions, probably built in the 1940s/50s. Its been one fun find after another, from rotten timber lintels to no lintels to having to replace the whole first floor joists after finding they are undersized (3" x 3") with...

I am replacing two windows in a victorian house from wooden sash windows to PVC windows. The windows are on opposite sides of the house with a stone outer lintel and wooden internal lintel - solid walls with no cavity. Both stone lintels have recently been replaced. I imagine the internal...

I bought an old 1900 terraced back-to-back property in Leeds over the summer. I have had some of the joists in the cellar replaced due to wet rot, had a second airbrick installed and a fixed UPVC window installed with a small vent above it. As the property is a back to back mid terrace, all of...