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Hi! We’re fixing up a Victorian terraced house and could really do with some advice.
There is an air brick in the downstairs front room wall which was installed at street level. Since then, whenever it has rained or snowed, water has made its way directly into the surrounding brickwork and into the wooden beam/girder directly in front of it. We are planning to replace that air brick with a regular brick, and install a periscope air brick above street level.
The beam is quite rotten (at least half of it has disintegrated), and so have the ends of at least two floor joists. We’ve included some photos here.
Here’s our thinking at the moment—please tell us if this would work and/or what you would do differently. We’re planning to support the two affected joists from below, using temporary timber supports. We would then cut the rotten ends off both joists, and then extend/sister them with fresh timber (c24, treated). Before extending them, however, we would take the opportunity to cut out the rotten segment of the beam and replace it with fresh timber as well, so that when the joists are extended again, they’ll come to rest on fresh timber.
Thanks in advance!
There is an air brick in the downstairs front room wall which was installed at street level. Since then, whenever it has rained or snowed, water has made its way directly into the surrounding brickwork and into the wooden beam/girder directly in front of it. We are planning to replace that air brick with a regular brick, and install a periscope air brick above street level.
The beam is quite rotten (at least half of it has disintegrated), and so have the ends of at least two floor joists. We’ve included some photos here.
Here’s our thinking at the moment—please tell us if this would work and/or what you would do differently. We’re planning to support the two affected joists from below, using temporary timber supports. We would then cut the rotten ends off both joists, and then extend/sister them with fresh timber (c24, treated). Before extending them, however, we would take the opportunity to cut out the rotten segment of the beam and replace it with fresh timber as well, so that when the joists are extended again, they’ll come to rest on fresh timber.
Thanks in advance!