Soggy joist ends; £££ reasonable?

[Brown and Boris]

Looks like the floor joists which run into my very damp (soon to be damproofed) gable end are soggy. The solution appears to be to chop off the ends to good wood (possibly about 600mm), attach new treated and protected ends with a special fitting and treat the wood (cream and plastic ends)to prevent furture rotting. I have a ball park figure (they have yet to lift all the floor boards) of £70-£95 a joist.

Anybody had this done, was it successful and does this price sound reasonable?

[B17NNS]

Sorry, did you just say £70-£95 per joist?

I would hazard a guess that once the boards are up £90 in materials would replace every joist in the room in treated timber.

A bit of DPM underneath each one and on the end if it touches the wall and re-board.

[Autonotiv]

DPM around the ends of the joist!

don't think so;

http://www.screwfix.com/prods/31310/Building/Build...

[Brown and Boris]

I did wonder if a jobbing builder would take that chemical approach. You can buy a joist end kit for about £20

http://www.joist-repair.co.uk/Joist%20Repair%20Sho...

treat the joist end and enclose it to stop it getting damp with one of those screwfix thingies.