demolition

I have a single, detached garage. It has had nothing done to it since it was built in the 1960s. Its walls are a single skin of brick. It has a flat roof that is covered in bitumen felt. Over recent years the felt has badly deteriorated and the rain has thus soaked into the wood-plank decking...

Hi, I am looking to remove this non-loadbearing single skin brick wall between the kitchen and dinning room. As you can see from the pictures the wall does not have any joists bearing on it. My main concern is do I have to leave a nib on the external wall side to help support the external...

Hi. So some of you may have seen my other posts on our hallway rennovation of our 1920s semi. Well it's been back to brick and laths for a couple of months now and we are not getting anywhere! I had to let our agreed builder go, before he put it back together, as I learnt that it had lime...

Good evening, I am doing a single story house extension. Builders I have hired have demolished ouside wall to connect an existing house with new extension. They have installed steel beam according to the plans. My worry is that looking at the support it doesn't seem very stable as they have in...

Hi all - newbie on here and would like some help So I’m living in a Taylor Wimpey house built in the year 2000 - it had a gas fire in the living room and chimney on the roof. I decided this year that I’d like to install a log burner- however after taking out the fire I found that the clearance...

I have a large concrete block 17ft × 9ft and 2-3ft thick in my garden that needs to be removed. Whats the best way to break it up without paying the earth?

Hi everyone. Sorry if this comes across as quote checking, but I have had some inconsistency from the demolition supplier that makes me worry I am far off market rate. Last year I got a budgetary estimate for demolition of the following: - demo and removal of 4bed bungalow (85sq.m.) asbestos...

Hi all, New to the forum, but I have joined as I have no idea what is going on here. I'm looking to open up a hope between my kitchen and living room, we live in a 1940's council block, the kind with the sash windows and walkway. Obviously want to get permission from the council, and today I...