extension

Hi All, I’m 3 weeks into the build of putting a stick build timber frame storey on top of my solid wall bungalow and sole plates will be going down on the rc ring beam next week. BI came yesterday and all good just confirmed the required insulation thickness for the C24 treated 6x2 stud walls...

Hello everyone, I’m building a small ground floor extension with a 150mm cavity and a flat roof. The problem I’m having is fixing the wall plate in a straight run because my 150mm cavity wall is tieing in to a 100mm cavity wall. Will it be ok to just step the wall plate to the side on top of the...

The landlord of the house next door to mine is building a 2 story side extension and loft conversion, the new roof appears to have some problems and I was wondering if any of the following would be a building regulations issue, a planning compliance issue or potentially pose an issue for my...

Hi, looking for some ideas/advice please... Currently we have 2 showers in the house. The water pressure isn't great in the house and it's mainly a problem when showering. The pressure drops considerably if someone opens a tap or flushes the toilet elsewhere in the house and it's really...

Hi Folks We have a problem with a leak in what I think is going to be a pretty tricky place to access. This started a couple of days ago in our upstairs bathroom when my daughter removed the bath plug to drain her bath. I was sitting downstairs in our living room when this happened and could...

Hi Guys, I am looking to build a small single story extension to the rear of my property, to allow me to extend my kitchen. The walls which will need removing are both two story external walls, I have highlighted yellow where I believe steels will be required, approx 3.8m and 2.0m. Will it...

Hi Guys Really confused about the below from our surveyor report so would really appreciate any input. We planned to extend the kitchen in a house we are buying into the current extension however the report reads the below. I thought that timber extensions were okay? Does the below really mean...

Hello all, We live in a first floor flat, it has a flat roof outside (1970's ground floor extension) below the kitchen and bathroom windows. There are 2 surface rain inlets feeding down through hall cupboards into a channel under our neighours hall downstairs which feeds into the drains (photo)...

Hi, i am doing a single storey side infill extension behind an attached garage. I originally was told to put down 4 inch of concrete slab in the new extension area dpc layer 4 inch pir board and then screed yo finish floor level, as I am pinching a bit of space off the garage I need to screed...

Hi, i have an attached garage which I plan on building an extension behind of to the back of the house. Whilst carrying out the extension I wish to ‘pinch’ about 6 foot off the back of the garage and turn it into habitable space (utility room) My question is, can this new partition between...

Hello, Short question: The builder is planning to cut off some of the piers of my garden wall and build a new extension right up boundary line parallel against my white garden wall, tying his new extension to my garden wall with wall ties. See the pictures and layout diagrams (wall in...

Hello! I'm contemplating an ensuite but am struggling with the layout. I'd thought about an infill extension (filling the gap between bedroom 3 and 1 as this has a weight bearing room below and prior planning permission) but this would put the ensuite the opposite side of the house for waste...

Last year we had a extension built with a skylight, over this winter the skylight has leaked and caused water stains on the ceiling (with the amount of rain we have had) I have attached photos (a combined one and individually of where the EPDM meets the skylight) Please can anyone advise on...

Hello We have added a two storey extension to our home, going from three bed one bathroom to five bed four bathroom. In 2018 we had a worcester boiler (and water cylinder) installed but it’s a 24kwh standard so we are now suffering because our home with 18 radiators (incl towel rads) won’t heat...

We are in the process of getting quotes for a small extension. We want to square off the back of our house, remove the conservatory and make it open plan. We had 8 builders come and give quotes last week but all had differing views about whether the building at the back needed removing or not...

Hello. Looking for some advice. We purchased a property with the intentions of adding an extension. All searches came back as ‘not identified’ there was no mention of any cables or wayleaves, we even discussed our intentions with the seller. We had to have gas work done and they told us about...

Hi, The builders doing our extension have put this cladding on to cover the steel beams and put flashing over it. looks a bit rubbish to me though. Just wondered what professionals thought of this and what solutions there are to it. thanks

Evening all, please bare with... We've just moved in and are planning on a single storey extension to the rear. Current we've 2 upstairs bathrooms one to the rear of the property with an internal soil stack going straight down and also doing the kitchen waste which runs under the conservatory...

Good Morning All, 3 years ago i had a flat roof extension added to the rear of my property. This morning we are having "light drizzle" which has resulted in a weeping patch on the new wall of the property approximately 5cm in length, Directly above this area i believe is the join on one of the...

Hi All, Looking for a bit of advice, we’ve been looking to move house and have seen one we like. The house is a 1980’s build but had a two storey extension added later, early 1990’s. The issue I have is the floor level of the extension is around 20-25mm higher than the floor of the house...