"We've removed the ceiling above our dreams. There are no more impossible dreams." Libby Houston

Which is quite a suitable quotation for what happened to one of the bedrooms on the first floor.

Remember this?

 

Well behind it was this

 

 

  So I needed to repair it. I jacked up the ceiling, cut off the end piece, which was completely rotten, back as far as good wood, and fitted two splints either side of what was left -  bridging to the wall -  and fastened the three pieces of wood together with 4 x 10mm steel bolts. Only one beam was affected and now I have a floor upstairs which is as strong as when it was first fitted.