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Polygon

@Olly398 did yours look something like this? In-filled with brick dust and rubble... I'm guessing I'm going to want to clear this out and extend the joists for underfloor ventilation and to support the new boards.

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rhowe in reply to @Polygon

That's pretty much what both of ours looked like. I just dug all the rubble out from underneath and took a sledgehammer to them, then bricked up the hole left behind. Took far longer than it ought to have done.

Caveat: I have little to no idea what I am doing.

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Polygon in reply to @rhowe

I dug out the rest of the rubble last night, and removed the bricks of the constructional hearth. I plan on fitting a small joist between the chimney pillars, then two from that over to the existing floor.

Ditto on the clueless bit, it's a learning curve.

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