Sill plate has rounded on one side. And not only that one side of the brick plinth is missing! all of it in places.
This is the wall, the spirit level shows how much its out of level.
At some point in time this wall moved towards the newer part of the house, as did the roof rafters and internal ceiling joists along with the large spine beam resting on it. Anyhow, the issue now is do i replace the sill plate? This would be a mammoth task and not one that i would take on lightly, so , would it be easier to let sleeping dogs lie and do a repair on the brick plinth and stuff a lot of lime mortar around the sill plate? is there any way to stop the plate from rolling? will it roll in the future? it probably rolled in the late 17 century when the house or parts of it possibly burned down according to the village records.
this is the plate from the end on , it looks to be in a good enough shape apart from the rounded edge. at some point someone cut through the sill plate and removed it to make a door way so this is the end section.
this is the rounded bottom edge of the plate, it was under cement render and had a concrete floor and dpm up against it , it still feels damp.
this is the wall on the other side in the living room. its plastered in two coats of daub with a cement plaster base.
Now the important stuff.
Its a supporting wall, it supports a wall above it.
this is a cross section of the house,
the wall above it has a door in and a beam from one eave to the other,
this is the wall on the first floor. this wall isnt as out of square as the wall below it.
this is a plan of the ceiling joists showing the large spine beam that has slipped with the wonky wall.
this beam is held up at one end by a large bressumer beam running parallel and resting on the inglenook lintel beam, the other end is held up by the wonky wall and a partition on the other side of the cross entry, the stud just below it on the partition wall is also bent in the same direction.
this is the spine beam showing where it is supported on the partition cross entry wall,
this is the same beam where it joins the wonky wall, the horizontal beam joining the two studs under the spine beam i dont think is actually supporting the spine beam.
This is the other end where it is supported by a bressumer beam sitting ontop of the lintel for the fire place.hopefully you can see how far it has slipped forward.
and this is some strange men dancing in a pub car park.

so guys , what do i do with this wall , rebuild the plinth and leave well alone? do something to prevent the wall from (possibly) rolling any further and bringing down everything with it, replace the sill plate? or go and join those strange fellows dancing in the pub car park?
A nice easy subject for a little light pondering on a sunday evening.
This is the wall, the spirit level shows how much its out of level.



At some point in time this wall moved towards the newer part of the house, as did the roof rafters and internal ceiling joists along with the large spine beam resting on it. Anyhow, the issue now is do i replace the sill plate? This would be a mammoth task and not one that i would take on lightly, so , would it be easier to let sleeping dogs lie and do a repair on the brick plinth and stuff a lot of lime mortar around the sill plate? is there any way to stop the plate from rolling? will it roll in the future? it probably rolled in the late 17 century when the house or parts of it possibly burned down according to the village records.
this is the plate from the end on , it looks to be in a good enough shape apart from the rounded edge. at some point someone cut through the sill plate and removed it to make a door way so this is the end section.

this is the rounded bottom edge of the plate, it was under cement render and had a concrete floor and dpm up against it , it still feels damp.

this is the wall on the other side in the living room. its plastered in two coats of daub with a cement plaster base.


Now the important stuff.
Its a supporting wall, it supports a wall above it.
this is a cross section of the house,

the wall above it has a door in and a beam from one eave to the other,
this is the wall on the first floor. this wall isnt as out of square as the wall below it.



this is a plan of the ceiling joists showing the large spine beam that has slipped with the wonky wall.
this beam is held up at one end by a large bressumer beam running parallel and resting on the inglenook lintel beam, the other end is held up by the wonky wall and a partition on the other side of the cross entry, the stud just below it on the partition wall is also bent in the same direction.

this is the spine beam showing where it is supported on the partition cross entry wall,

this is the same beam where it joins the wonky wall, the horizontal beam joining the two studs under the spine beam i dont think is actually supporting the spine beam.


This is the other end where it is supported by a bressumer beam sitting ontop of the lintel for the fire place.hopefully you can see how far it has slipped forward.



and this is some strange men dancing in a pub car park.

so guys , what do i do with this wall , rebuild the plinth and leave well alone? do something to prevent the wall from (possibly) rolling any further and bringing down everything with it, replace the sill plate? or go and join those strange fellows dancing in the pub car park?
A nice easy subject for a little light pondering on a sunday evening.