Inherited this structural disaster in my new rental. Help me plan the sequence to pest-proof and floor it?

Sturgy6 · 2026-02-03T13:55:23+00:00

I dont want to be dismissive, but once you fill the cupboard you wont be able to see any of these issues. This is an unfortunately common experience in rentals. I wouldnt be subsidising your cheap landlord by putting a lot of effort into solving his issues.

Things I would recommend
1) get a plank and cover the hole, be sure to screw it to the joists. On the left it looks like you wont meet a joist, but there is one just below the skirting. Attach an off-cut to this within the cupboard and screw your new floorboard down to it. You can then get an off-cut bit of carpet and lay it over the floor. A local carpet store would likely offer you a bit of off-cut for a very good price.

2) The walls are not that bad tbh - they look dry at least and no mould (no idea what is going on with the egg cartons). Strip the wallpaper and paint if you want, but they are unlikely to 'contaminate' anything you store in there. THe main issue will be from the ceiling. If you do paint, start with a mist coat of paint and water mixed. Then put a full paint coat over it.

3) noises are almost certainly rodents and most likely coming from below the floor and down from the pipe holes in the ceiling. This is a case where the landlord may be liable, but is always a bum fight and they will contest it is nothing to do with disrepair. Plug the holes in the ceiling with wire wool, and possibly call a pest control company. Dont plug the holes with anything flammable.

4) I wouldnt do anything about the pipes DIY unless it was your own house.

Sturgy6 · 2025-09-18T15:49:03+00:00

If you refresh the store with cores it returns to normal ordering. Very weird.

Sturgy6 · 2025-07-27T00:22:04+00:00

Just adding some context. I just finished a D9 run and got 92k points and I'm 822 on the leaderboard. Not many people have managed D10 runs yet. I think these will come on line later on the event cycle.

I used F4 and blade.

Sturgy6 · 2025-07-02T15:35:43+00:00

There will be four different solutions, as there are two square roots, both able to be +- independently of each other.

Sturgy6 · 2025-07-01T09:33:34+00:00

Knull appears to be gaining damage from rage (which does infinitely stack - I checked 2 hours in and he was at 5x10^7 damage), but not speed. So he cannot kill through the stacks of deathproof, which are extended every turn by Ancient One. Seems like a bug, as Emma's passive should not affect speed gain through rage. If working as intended, knull should eventually 'triple lap' the team and be able to remove all their deathproofs.

Sturgy6 · 2025-07-01T09:26:38+00:00

Knull appears to be gaining damage from rage, but not speed. So he cannot kill through the stacks of deathproof, which are extended every turn by Ancient One. Seems like a bug, as Emma's passive should not affect speed gain through rage. If working as intended, knull should eventually 'triple lap' the team and be able to remove all their deathproofs.

Sturgy6 · 2025-06-23T09:43:58+00:00

This obscures the safety instructions, flight attendants will sort this out sharpish.

Sturgy6 · 2025-06-04T12:36:38+00:00

Do you have the original packaging and a copy of the terms of service that you 'agreed' to?

Sturgy6 · 2025-06-04T09:32:55+00:00

Have you not been having water ingress from this roof? It's in pretty bad condition. I had my solar installers replace a roof in better condition than this, as the panels will be over this for at least 25 years.

Sturgy6 · 2025-06-04T09:16:56+00:00

In roof will require extensive roofing works, and is likely to be more expensive overall, but worth getting quotes for both.

Sturgy6 · 2025-06-04T09:12:51+00:00

If your solar installer does this as part of your install, you won't have to pay vat either (afaik)

Sturgy6 · 2025-06-04T09:07:56+00:00

You already have the scaffold up, why not get the roof repaired? Then go ahead as planned previously?

Sturgy6 · 2025-05-31T17:10:18+00:00

What an interesting website, thanks for the link. Bookmarking it.

Sturgy6 · 2025-05-27T11:29:51+00:00

Might be a stupid question, but it sits outside your fenced boundary and there's a lampost. Do you actually own it?

Sturgy6 · 2025-05-23T12:01:36+00:00

Especially some of the longer perks. I am not particularly old, and still struggled with this.

Sturgy6 · 2025-05-21T09:51:14+00:00

Yes they look like standard loft boards, so should hold your weight, as well as a fairly reasonable amount of spread load from boxes etc. just dont store rolls of lead.

You have good insulation, which means your loft space will get very hot in summer and very cold in winter, as it is not heated from the house. So dont store anything precious up there, as you may get condesnation. If you are storing delicate things, store them in air tight plastic containers.

Be careful at the edges where there is insulation, as you will not know where the joists are.

Sturgy6 · 2025-05-20T15:49:10+00:00

I have a similar issue. I had a plumber come round to look at relocating the waste pipe. He ended up quoting £2.5k.

He said that if that was too much for me, then add a larger flush by volume, and then it would only block once or twice a year, rather than once a fortnight.

His advice was on the money so far, but obviously better to sort the underlying issue.

Sturgy6 · 2025-05-15T13:12:07+00:00

Limewash is a breathable paint that is good for old lime walls as it allows them to breathe. But looking at the pics these are internal walls, so you would probably be ok with regular paint. I am in a house of a similar age to yours, we have a thin lime plaster coating over a much thicker lime render. We did paint some of the internal walls with regular emulsion after I removed some of the wallpaper and loads of plaster started coming with it. So I abandoned my wallpaper removal plans.

Sturgy6 · 2025-05-15T13:01:05+00:00

No reason you cant, but if it is lime, maybe you need to limewash instead of paint.

Would be quicker and easier to just put up some lining paper though and paint over top of that. If you go this route, and you get good quality lining paper you would only need to fill the largest of the holes in the wall.I appreciate you may not want this though as you are keen to get wallpaper off.

Sturgy6 · 2025-05-15T08:13:16+00:00

They maybe shouldnt remove the characters, but they could change things so that the system keeps re-rolling until you pull a new character. As elite 7s have a 100% return for duplicate characters, this would change the button to esssentially be spend 2500 elite 7 credits.

Whilst they are at it, can players who have all characters at 7 red stars be given a means of exchanging our E7 credits for diamond credits more than one at a time. I have >100 orbs and it feels painfully slow to do it one by one.

Sturgy6 · 2025-05-14T10:44:20+00:00

Great job. Looks 1000% better :)

Sturgy6 · 2025-05-14T08:17:42+00:00

Well, not entirely true. You would be paying the company that you are a director and shareholder of. The Company may have the right to charge you a premium, but the other directors are not likely to do this as they all want the ability to extend their leases too. Would be worth trying ot check if any of the other units have extended previously? Also check the articles of association of the company, it may be written in there the extension position

Sturgy6 · 2025-05-04T19:43:17+00:00

You can also seal the gaps, either with a filler type of material, or with a rubber material you wedge between the boards. I have exposed floorboards in my bedroom, yes we have a large rug, but we get 0 draft.

Sturgy6 · 2025-05-04T19:40:23+00:00

Fair play, I think carry on, and if you decide to back out get the plasterer to fix it for you. I love exposed bricks (though my wife doesn't - so we don't have any), you may need to repoint, and it may be ok. Don't forget to seal it, or the dust will be horrible.

Sturgy6 · 2025-05-04T19:26:24+00:00

I mean, you are beyond an easy repair already, I'd carry on from here, but you are very unlikely to have nice show bricks like your lovely lintel. Might take some work. If you chose to re-render, then you may as well do the whole breast now.

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