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    Solutions to 800mm floor joist centres

    Hi, I would like to lay a new floor covering in the first floor bedroom in our victorian terrace. The problem is that the floor joists (120mm x 60mm) are at 800mm centres with no noggins, spanning roughly 3.4m. Ideally I would make the structure better in order to accommodate a standard 18mm...
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    Concrete slab on mud under suspended timber floor?

    Hi, I'm renovating an old 2 up 2 down terrace house and need to replace the downstairs timber floor. An old extension on the back blocked the rear bricks (this is going to be replaced) and as such under the floor the mud is damp and wet causing the old floorboards and joists to rot. A builder...
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    1920's chimney breast, suspended floor hearth construction

    Hi, I'm renovating my house and decided to replace the floor joists as they were bouncing. They were also rotten in my other room. I'm going to insulate in between them all and relay new floorboards. There was a lot of debris (sand, rubble etc) below the floor with I have cleared out. All the...
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