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Nice people thread part 4 - sugar and spice and all things
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lostinrates wrote: »Well, good news on the kitchen wall....
a: I'm not going mad, it has moved a fair bit
b: structural engineer is designing some strapping for it for winter but things if we did nothing it would stand through winter treated considerately.
Its just as well to have some prop I think, because it feels very precarious. The top 8 rows or so of bricks on the extreme corner the mortar really is just as a decorative spacer now.....some harsh weather could be a very real challenge I think.
Do you know what's causing it? Saw Beeny's programmes a couple of times last week (11am or so I think) and one of the days it was a couple who bought a house at auction and the front was dropping off (grade II as well); they thought they'd bought a bit of a bargain and just let themselves in and decorated it..... but the cracks kept coming. Beeny's bunch of experts said it was the trees and they had to apply to the Council to get a tree removed; Council said no at first, then they said yes. I think that particular tree (from memory) was sucking out 2000 litres of water a day.0 -
lostinrates wrote: »Well, good news on the kitchen wall....
a: I'm not going mad, it has moved a fair bit
b: structural engineer is designing some strapping for it for winter but things if we did nothing it would stand through winter treated considerately.
Its just as well to have some prop I think, because it feels very precarious. The top 8 rows or so of bricks on the extreme corner the mortar really is just as a decorative spacer now.....some harsh weather could be a very real challenge I think.
Can you put perhaps some 1" ply inside and out to sandwich the wall? That would strengthen it and stop any debris falling on people. It all sounds a bit scary to me.No reliance should be placed on the above! Absolutely none, do you hear?0 -
Can you put perhaps some 1" ply inside and out to sandwich the wall? That would strengthen it and stop any debris falling on people. It all sounds a bit scary to me.
Inside the kitchen cupboards are bolting it together and the structural engineer is going to give details to the architect to give to the builders for some strapping/propping on the outside.
its a bit scary to me....but also....a bit fun!0 -
I saw a badger for the first time last night (I think) in the flesh, boy can they move, it ran off like a scalded cat.
They are bigger than you expect.
I think I posted, but recently went to part of wyre forest near bewdley. Was sat resting/talking with a friend who was asking what may live in the forest. During this coversation, a deer walked out of the undergrowth, gave us a little "what you doing here?" look & carried on its way.
An amazing non-camera moment...It's getting harder & harder to keep the government in the manner to which they have become accustomed.0 -
PasturesNew wrote: »Do you know what's causing it? Saw Beeny's programmes a couple of times last week (11am or so I think) and one of the days it was a couple who bought a house at auction and the front was dropping off (grade II as well); they thought they'd bought a bit of a bargain and just let themselves in and decorated it..... but the cracks kept coming. Beeny's bunch of experts said it was the trees and they had to apply to the Council to get a tree removed; Council said no at first, then they said yes. I think that particular tree (from memory) was sucking out 2000 litres of water a day.
yes we do. Its a combination of things we are sorting in phase one. The things include an oak tree which I love
:(:( and that that end of the house they put the bricks just on clay...not even some gravel as footings....so its coming down, that corner, and being rebuilt. We're propping the roof up so as to maintain original character, and rebuilding the entire north wall of that room, and about 2/3rds of the east facing one....do you still have the street view bit...you can see it, and the measures taken by previous owner...which are actiually making the problem worse....in fact, its likely without the poorly designed ''fix'' the break would never have got so bad:D 0 -
I'm not a stalker.... don't know if I ever had the streetview, or if I still have itlostinrates wrote: »yes we do. Its a combination of things we are sorting in phase one. The things include an oak tree which I love:(:( and that that end of the house they put the bricks just on clay...not even some gravel as footings....so its coming down, that corner, and being rebuilt. We're propping the roof up so as to maintain original character, and rebuilding the entire north wall of that room, and about 2/3rds of the east facing one....do you still have the street view bit...you can see it, and the measures taken by previous owner...which are actiually making the problem worse....in fact, its likely without the poorly designed ''fix'' the break would never have got so bad:D
Sounds like an easy job then.... all every day straight forward stuff, the kind of minor house issues we all get
I'm guessing £11k + premium for being listed.... so £17k all done.0 -
PasturesNew wrote: »I'm not a stalker.... don't know if I ever had the streetview, or if I still have it
Sounds like an easy job then.... all every day straight forward stuff, the kind of minor house issues we all get
I'm guessing £11k + premium for being listed.... so £17k all done.
Er... I'm guessing somewhere between 30 grand and 40, once you take into account cutting down the tree, and the inevitable heave problem.
Might end up doing a temporary fix now, and a permanent fix latter once the heave finally settles down.
Plus dealing with the bureaucracy... didn't LiR say there were rumors of grade 1 listing?“The ideas of debtor and creditor as to what constitutes a good time never coincide.”
― P.G. Wodehouse, Love Among the Chickens0 -
Beeney told her people that they'd get heave for about 5 years, during which time they'd just keep having to use filler in the cracks.... until one day it'd stop....and the inevitable heave problem.
Well, I don't keep score ... but it was mentioned that it might be relisted at a higher financial liability rate.
Plus dealing with the bureaucracy... didn't LiR say there were rumors of grade 1 listing?0 -
Er... I'm guessing somewhere between 30 grand and 40, once you take into account cutting down the tree, and the inevitable heave problem.
Might end up doing a temporary fix now, and a permanent fix latter once the heave finally settles down.
Plus dealing with the bureaucracy... didn't LiR say there were rumors of grade 1 listing?
hold on, hold on...not yet. and not with the house, thank god!
edit: re heave, structural engineer and I did discus that today....he thinks we'll be ok on that score following his advice...hope he's right!
I don't know how much it will be, I know how much we are looking at for the end of the house that includes that work...which we knew had to be done.0 -
It might be "fun" for you ... but think of poor, dear DH who now sees how locked into working for the man he is ... in order to pay for you to sit there and giggle 0
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