Hello
I've been having much fun lifting up my old living room floor.
Joists with so much (I think mostly old) woodworm they must have been holding on with mostly hope, and lots of damp and wet rot around the edges (you might see the oversite bridging the DPC on this wall, and the rather blocked vent). Plan is to sort this all out, redo the crumbling sleeper walls (including those around the edges that have crumbled away), add ventilation, then a new suspended and insulated floor on top.
I'd like to know what to do with this hearth. Is it likely having any structural value as a sort of massive pile of mass holding up the wall behind? Can I pull it up and redo? Should I?? If so, what's the best method?? We are hoping to get a log burner in here (not DIY) so obvs need to bear in mind distances re combustibility etc...
I can't see evidence of a DPC anywhere on the hearth (there is one in the wall - weirdly these are dwarf cavity walls to approx 900mm high then solid walls on top)
Thank you for any advice, I have found it so useful in the past!!
I've been having much fun lifting up my old living room floor.
Joists with so much (I think mostly old) woodworm they must have been holding on with mostly hope, and lots of damp and wet rot around the edges (you might see the oversite bridging the DPC on this wall, and the rather blocked vent). Plan is to sort this all out, redo the crumbling sleeper walls (including those around the edges that have crumbled away), add ventilation, then a new suspended and insulated floor on top.
I'd like to know what to do with this hearth. Is it likely having any structural value as a sort of massive pile of mass holding up the wall behind? Can I pull it up and redo? Should I?? If so, what's the best method?? We are hoping to get a log burner in here (not DIY) so obvs need to bear in mind distances re combustibility etc...
I can't see evidence of a DPC anywhere on the hearth (there is one in the wall - weirdly these are dwarf cavity walls to approx 900mm high then solid walls on top)
Thank you for any advice, I have found it so useful in the past!!