The big problem with this very nasty plant is that the root system spreads for a number of metres, and walls, drains etc are no obstacle to its progress.

Couldn't you have fitted some wood/platerwork to the ceiling where the cracking beam was to cover just the top and allow the beam to keep moving?

Love the idea of fitting the windows inside the ventilation openings so you can still see some stone work

Love the beam that looks like it has had pulleys on.

Which video do you cover using a private building inspector in?

Very interesting.

hi , if you are building of a slab inside the barn what thickness is it and what thickness is insulation . was it a consideration to put a strip footing to build internal walls off. cheers Mike

v good explanation--cheers

So what was the final outcome? I'm in the "control" phase. I really don't know if the crowns are in hibernation or really killed, but it's late spring and i only see small stems. I'm year 3 into my treatment.

Really useful. What about the landing (above the staircase) joists? Does that rest on anything? I’ve got a similar middle structural wall but it isn’t clear what the landing joists rest on to.

I just bought a house, and the wall separating the bathroom and second bedroom had a large crack down it. I took a little plaster off and found it was blocks, further investigation I found the whole wall was blocks and lay straight onto floorboards, I don't think it's load baring, can't be good to have a wall lay onto wooden floor, under the bathroom is the dining room, its a nice size room too.

Solid wall houses and PIR boards aren’t a great idea. Damp forms behind the PIR board. There’s an argument that a 2 foot thick solid wall (dry with no damp) is not as cold as the current theory suggests. Either historic England or SPAB did a paper on it and found that the heat loss is less than thought. But if course EPC doesn’t consider this at all…

For the sake of losing another inch you could add insulated PB over the first layer of insulation. That would give 50mm.

SO I went to the basement and I have beams running | | | | | and the wall I wanna take down above runs like "|" not like "---"...I should be good right?

I have a three storey house. I want to remove a wall on the middle floor. The joists above and below run in different directions. It seems to be supporting the joists above but the wall doesn’t continue down to the ground floor and appears to be built on top of the floor boards? Is this likely to be load bearing?

Helpful thank you 🎉

Nice video ,well explained ,when you get chance show everything is measured ,how accro props are installer and then RSJ the whole procedure Thanks

If there is knotweed on the neighboring property, it’ll soon be on your property. You have to get it all.

is it always this simple or can there be exceptions i have a wall downstairs between my kitchen and dinning room the joists run the same way as the wall and the wall runs from the front of the house to the back but the first half whitch is the wall in the lounge goes from floor all the way to the attic but the half i want to remove only goes to the dining room ceiling and its the only wall in the house that stops at the ceiling and doesnt go up to the attic so i would say its not a load bearing wall but wondered if there was any exceptions also the house was built in 1935

Where is your source for this quote?

some say all solid walls that are Perpendicular to the rafters/trusses are load bearing, whether they were designed to be or not, because of the structure settling over time, is this the case please?

Absolutely great insight into the project

Thanks for the advice, much needed cans appreciated.

Nice footwear

HI Mike, Loving these Barn videos as I'm about to take on a similar project in France. Quick question. Our barn is on a gradient away from main property with the Mains drain. Will I have to use a bump to get the waste up? Also, with regards to insulation, do you leave a cavity so the insulation doesn't touch the actual stone work? Cheers and keep up the good work

what if the floor is concrete? and ceiling is concrete?

Really enjoyed watching your barn project! Ty

not always true

The two walls are probably load bearing. As the wall running parallel. Is supporting the stair stringers. So I would speak to a structural engineer before remove that wall

Hi Mike, what if there is no wall upstairs?

I absolutely love your enthusiasm Mike. Your clearly not a man that gives up easy ✊️ Greetings From Ireland ☘️

What if the joists don’t have a join in them? So the joist looks like it’s running from one end of the house to the other? Would the wall underneath then be a load bearing wall?

How olds the barn?

Excellent result

Brilliant Mike-Well done

Science, Japanese knotweed is the most concentrated source of resveratol we've ever found! East Asians, it's a perennial vegetable and good medicine. Westerners, it's evil the only good knotweed is dead knotweed (mindless shrieking). If only there was some way we could learn from other cultures.

car battery acid kills it italso kills ivy in hours

How’s it looking a year later?

Wonderful video. Thanks a lot!

We are just about to exchange on our sale of house and our buyer has asked for a report to say our kitchen / diner wall removed by previous owners had left the property structurally sound , there was no certificate obtained when work was done 17 years ago although we know the builder who did the work and he has confirmed the wall was not load bearing and he installed a steel anyway as likes to be thorough , do you envisage any problems coming back from report ? Property is mid terrace

Those walls are not solid stone but random rubble walls with an inner core that can be of very variable quality. Compared to others, the quality of the wall construction looks good. I'm a structural engineer and do lots of surveys for barns as part of the planning application.

Yeh this is literally my house... thank you. I won't be knocking it through then.

Great update. Loving the arrow slat windows.

Have you any further videos on this project

Good to see you are doing a professional job. As a builder myself with 36 years experience oddley I have never done a Barn conversion. Obviously there are no foundations to the barn, how is the main structure secured for years to come? And what about a DPC to external walls, Is this just injected?

Loving this mate. It's great to walk through these exciting projects with you with your level of passion for the detail. Looking forward to more progress logs and the finished article!

Hi Mike, great video series. Can you do a breakdown of the cost in the project or maybe future projects

beautiful place

Thanks, this helps.