Over xmas we discovered a lot of our suspended ground floor floorboards where rotten in our Victorian house, so we decided to replace them. We couldn't find the same depth of board so the whole floor is now 1cm lower than it was (there is a 1cm gap under the bottom stairs)
Our stairs have brick walls on either side.
This morning I ripped out the lath and plaster from the underside of the stairs and the bottom of the stairs has started to sink and pull away from the walls, I guess since xmas the only thing supporting the bottom part of the stairs was the lime plaster on its underside wedged between the stairs and the wall. I think the original floorboards where the support for the bottom of the stairs, i assumed it was the two brick walls.
How do I fix this?
Is it common to just have the bottom part of stairs supported directly by the floorboards?
Our stairs have brick walls on either side.
This morning I ripped out the lath and plaster from the underside of the stairs and the bottom of the stairs has started to sink and pull away from the walls, I guess since xmas the only thing supporting the bottom part of the stairs was the lime plaster on its underside wedged between the stairs and the wall. I think the original floorboards where the support for the bottom of the stairs, i assumed it was the two brick walls.
How do I fix this?
Is it common to just have the bottom part of stairs supported directly by the floorboards?