suspended floor joist

Hi, I want to reduce the bounce in my suspended timber floor in the Dining room. The floor has overlay screeded UFH with an engineered wood finish and will bounce slightly if you are in the middle of the room. I have access from below via a basement, where the joists are approx 230mm x 45mm...

Hello all, I need some help and advice: A building control officer has recommended a builder to use 6" high timber frame joists to be used with 100mm insulation inside the frame as the proposed suspended timber frame joist of 4" high isn't strong enough for the underfloor heating, because of...

Hi. I have just purchased a terraced house. Built circa 1890. It's in a row of 24 houses built on a relatively steep hill. The houses are built in pairs. Each pair is lower than the pair before as they step down the hill. I'm near the bottom. I'm situated so that, looking at the house, the house...

I have about a 1.6 metre deep void under my floors. The floor of the void is always damp and in one corner you can see where water has entered at the base of the oversize and run down to the back of the house. We understand that there are underground water courses in the area. We do suffer with...

Hello all, we are re-doing the kitchen, it is in an extension off a terraced Victorian house. The kitchen size will be roughly 2.38m x 6m. I have a couple of challenges coming up, questions underlined. A. the floors of the main building are higher by 18cm than the current kitchen floor (which...

Hi, New to this forum and I'm in the process in building an orangery. BCO have stated that I need to lay a Gas membrane. I've seen other comments on this site which are extremely useful. The attached image shows what I think should I need to do however I just wanted to know any thoughts...