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  1. FlameFoxx

    First floor bedroom hearth

    Hi all, I have some builders in at the moment to remove my chimney breast, now I am no expert and it looks like they have done a good job, but my front bedroom and rear bedroom used to have a fireplace that was bricked up. The builders knew this and part of the quote was to remove the bricked...
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    Levelling joists - best options

    Hello I have a standard Vic Terrace property where many of the floors are warped (and bouncy) and Im trying to work out the best solution to levelling and firming them up. There are 2 rooms per floor, supported in the middle by a timber spine wall - bricks at either end. To make matters more...
  3. G

    Can condensation from water mains rot joists ?

    Hi, My water main has a lot of condensation, I am wondering if that drips down to the floor joists it can cause it to rot?
  4. R

    Fixing joists for suspended timber floor to sill plate in Victorian cellar

    I've got a small cellar under our sitting room (about 8' by 20'), floor boards are all still intact, but a number of joist ends are rotted, sill plate is seriously deteriorated with dry rot in several places and there are signs of localised woodworm infestation on a few beams. I'm going to pull...
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    Doubling up floor joists to cope with gym equipment.

    I am looking at using a ground floor room as a gym but would like to ensure the floor is strong enough to cope. It is a 1930s semi. The floor is a suspended timber floor with 2" x 5" joists at 380mm centres. The room is 3.6m wide but there is a sleeper wall around the perimeter and down the...
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