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Hi all, and thanks for your advice. Plaster and lath are not a factor because I've already gutted the room and the room above it is being remodeled as well. Luckily there are also no widows or doors on the wall involved, and no plumbing either. My plan was to support the 1st floor joists as...

Rubble foundation. It's not actually the midspan, it's one end, which dies into an 8X8 that runs perpendicular and has a vertical 6X8 supporting that end. It looks like there's rot in the member the vertical sits on and maybe in the vertical itself, so one or both will need replacing. The...

I'll have to check what's under it. Not sure what kind of subfloor is under the carpet. Once I get another look at it I'll post more details.

My house is over 200 years old and timber framed. The South wall (exterior wall) of the living room drops a couple inches from the front of the house to the back, with the low spot being in the middle of the exterior wall just before the partition between the LR and kitchen. I'd like to jack it...

A friend of mine asked me to repair some ceramic tile at her house. When I got there I found that there was a section of tile just as you walk in their front door, about 3 X 3 feet. The rest of the room is carpeted. There's no transition between the carpet and the tile. The tile is in bad shape...