No, the bricks are laid normally and the joists are horizontal.oh, sorry, I thought you'd accidentally put it sideways.
Nowt wrong with a bit of repurposed timber, at least they were screwed down (and not too many beermats to level the job? Done worse myself)View attachment 193192
and filled the floor in with old bed slats.
View attachment 193193 and put the switch behind the door.
Looks like our house, our living room door was hung to open onto the internal wall, I hung the new one to open out to the external wall (where the switch is). Best of a bad job imho.
I thought that, especially in older houses, doors opened onto the internal wall. This was so that someone entering the room had to open the door fully and physically enter the room, to see what was going on in there.
Opening onto the external wall means someone can "crack" the door a tad, and peek in onto any occupants.
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