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    Advice Needed - Structural Movement, How Worried Should I Be?

    Hello everyone! Hope you are all having a nice start to your weekend. I would really appreciate if anyone could give me some advice. A structural engineer conducted a report on the building next door in 2017 and said the building was in need of remedial work to reinstate the structural...
    • LittleDarkPoet
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    • building control damage floor heave historic movement structural engineer subsidence worrying
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: Building
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    Oak frame insulation

    I've just taken the 1970's ceiling down in our 1780's cottage... it was quite shabby and the insulation above was old mattresses and sofa cushions! So we're now wondering how to reinstate the ceiling without disturbing the breathability of the room... if anyone has any thoughts I'm all ears...
    • andymet87
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    • historic insulation old timber frame wood
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Building
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