Dann09,
You've got me worried. It's not that serious, this floor is above the cellar. Half of the cellar is accessible for storage,the other half is separated by a bearer wall and has been filled with rubble etc. There is ventilation but because there was so much stuff dumped that I believe it was affecting the air circulation and that is why the joists have rotted. The joist ends will be cut but I will be using a 2 metre piece of timber and use coach bolts to attach to the existing joist. This two metre is long enough for one end to rest on the bearer wall . The clay pipe is bone dry, the solum can be scraped out, what can I do to stabilise it? I must have removed over 50 rubble bags worth of material so that airflow would be improved.
You've got me worried. It's not that serious, this floor is above the cellar. Half of the cellar is accessible for storage,the other half is separated by a bearer wall and has been filled with rubble etc. There is ventilation but because there was so much stuff dumped that I believe it was affecting the air circulation and that is why the joists have rotted. The joist ends will be cut but I will be using a 2 metre piece of timber and use coach bolts to attach to the existing joist. This two metre is long enough for one end to rest on the bearer wall . The clay pipe is bone dry, the solum can be scraped out, what can I do to stabilise it? I must have removed over 50 rubble bags worth of material so that airflow would be improved.
