Hi all
I'm in the midst of renovating our front room in our 1850s house.
It's stone wall, so no DPC, have noticed that the end of the floor joists are rotten.
It seems that the floor is laid by way of red brick in soil, the joists laid over the brick, and floorboards laid on joists.
Around the edges of the room it seems that the soil level has risen (insect activity?), the joists have damp soil next to them, and have of course rotted over the years.
In order to sort this, I'll need to rip up the floor and lay new including joists.
The question is, should I lay it the same as the original floor? Or should a different approach be taken?
As a side note, I am trying to be sympathetic to the original building during restoration, using lime etc instead of gypsum, if that makes any difference.
Thanks
I'm in the midst of renovating our front room in our 1850s house.
It's stone wall, so no DPC, have noticed that the end of the floor joists are rotten.
It seems that the floor is laid by way of red brick in soil, the joists laid over the brick, and floorboards laid on joists.
Around the edges of the room it seems that the soil level has risen (insect activity?), the joists have damp soil next to them, and have of course rotted over the years.
In order to sort this, I'll need to rip up the floor and lay new including joists.
The question is, should I lay it the same as the original floor? Or should a different approach be taken?
As a side note, I am trying to be sympathetic to the original building during restoration, using lime etc instead of gypsum, if that makes any difference.
Thanks