Fixed one thing but found something else wrong. Oh joy!

Hi Folks,

I've been busy this weekend but not on the garage like I had hoped I wanted to finish pointing up the wall under the stairs which I finished today. Unfortunately while I was raking out the old mortar joints yesterday I noticed the end of the floor joist that also supports the staircase was rotten. So I finished pointing up the wall it looked really good much better than it was and the wall is breathing now and looks a lot dryer that it was.

I removed the shirting board and the finishing trim from the top of the joist both turned out to be rotten. The end of the joist had been cemented into the wall also the wall here also had 2" of cement render over the stone which was up against this joist, the first 2 feet of the joist is completely rotten and the inner edge of the whole joist is partially rotten . The joist was originally spaced 1" out from the stone wall but this has been bridged by the cement render. 



The whole joist is going to have to be replaced I think I will have to use galvanised joist hangers so the ends won't rot in the wall. I will see if I can find a reclaimed oak beam to replace this hopefully it will be a bit more rot resistant.. It should look better as well.

Not sure if I can do the garage now as I need to sort this but I haven't given up yet.

That's all guys

KBO