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ChasnotRobert
6pt
We are in the process of revealing an existing knock through; victorian mid-terrace, living room into dining room. The existing steel, untouched for decades and with the void below hidden behind plasterboard, has been found to be basically unsupported at one end, building control aren't happy with building the other end of the steel into the party wall, we're having to get a steel frame put in (four sides of steel!), lifting floorboards either side of the divide, digging down for foundations across the whole run. Large expense, large disruption, little benefit. Should have left it all alone and spent the cash on something shiny like a new bathroom or kitchen.