Hi guys, I'm new here. I would like to add storage under a staircase in a duplex apartment. It is a split level stairs with a flat landing area...
I had my upstairs bedroom plastered about 6 months ago. The pics show before it was plastered...there was a deep corner crack. The exterior wall...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Hi, I'm in a top floor flat and want to take out an internal block wall to make the kitchen and...
I live in a Victorian terraced property at least probably 100 years old, solid walls. I noticed the exterior wall is bulging outwards. When I put...
The plaster on my wall was braking, so i peeled it off and found rotting wood in between the bricks. the first bricks above the wood seem to be...
We're in the process of buying a mid-terrace Victorian/Edwardian (estimated at 1900) house and have just received our Home Buyer's Survey....
I may be being overly cautious here but...my exterior solid wall is quite unlevelled inside top to bottom but I realised much of this is due to...
Hi there's a gap between the floor and the skirting/ wall in my room that's about half way across and it does feel uneven to me. Ive had lots of...
Hi all, I have purchased a nice cast iron radiator for my living room. The floor is suspended timber beams as is common in many houses. But, the...
I live in an old Victoria property and as expected with older properties, the floor slopes and sags from one end of the room to the other. In my...
Hi All hoping you guys can help. im currently planning a loft conversion. planning has been agreed and building notice has been applied. Im...
Hi, I am looking for advice on whether I can, without needing to change the existing wooden structural beam, deepen a 1970's window opening into...
I am planning on extending my kitchen so that it's open towards the living room. I wanted to know if I will be needing a steel beam to support the...
Hello all! Long time lurker and first time poster. I have a sandstone property which has a concrete poured first floor with two layers of rebar...
I am having an extension built and the S.E has suggested a support column due to the size of beams being installed. This support column however...
Hi, Has anyone ever come across this? I have what I originally thought was an old boiler flu. But it doesn’t go up to the ceiling above. Instead...
I'm looking at a property that's on the market and I have a question about structural engineering. Within the house there is a 3.16m wall...
My shed wall has a very thin hairline crack running along the middle width of the wall, about 7/9ft across. At the end of the crack it goes down...
Hi! I'm really hoping you can help. I'm looking to build some under-stair storage, but there appears to be concrete/breeze underneath my stairs....
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