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Possible downstairs bedroom conversion (Ed. )
hi all, i recently bought a link detached house and have the floor plan as attached. We would like to have a bedroom downstairs with open plan kitchen. any ideas or suggestion on how to achieve without extending. Not worried about converting the garage as well. Thanks in advance -
Removing Internal Walls - Is this a Structural Wall
Right lads, belt up, I am renovating a 1957 brick cavity wall-built bungalow an am planning to remove the wall between the kitchen and lounge as one of my first jobs. I had designed a beam to span the opening on the basis that the ceiling joists coloured pink in the attached plan would be... -
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How many is too many roof windows
Hi, not sure if anyone can help with my query. We are converting a 1960 barn. The room is 10 x 11 meters and will be completely open plan with a vaulted ceiling height of approx 6 meters at the apex. The roof pitch is 22.5 and is oriented east to west. There will be two patio sliders on both...- Carolebarnbuild
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- heat light open plan vaulted ceiling velux
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Knocking downstairs into Open Plan building reg issue
Hi, I own a 3 storey end of terrace. It is a small footprint of a house. It is a downstairs with a kitchen a Sitting room (both equal sized) with hall running down the side of sitting room to the stairs. My plan was to knock out the wall between the kitchen and sitting room but also the hall...- Gah
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- buiding regs escape route escape window fire door fire escape hall kitchen open plan sittingroom
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- Forum: Building Regulations and Planning Permission
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Are acro props enough? Strongboys/scaffolding/racking shores
Very soon we are intending on creating an open plan kitchen/diner by holding up the gable end of the house using "picture frame" type steels. The calculations mention considering to use scaffolding/racking shores? Are these necessary? We were intending on using plenty of Strongboy XLs (on a...- Simon Green
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- acrows diy diynot diysos lintel open plan renovation rsj scaffolding steel
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- Forum: Building
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Building regulations - means of escape, access rooms, automist and open plan
https://ibb.co/dr67z9 Hello, Does anyone know where I can find information on when a hallway becomes an access room? Is there a specific measurement, or is it more about 'use' (ie if I put a table in a hallway, does it immediately become a room?). My issue is I have an open plan kitchen at the...- salgw
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- access room automist building regulation means of escape open plan smartscanner
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Cracks on ends of concrete supporting walls (lintels?)
Hi all, Hope someone can advise! I have recently purchased a 1900s terrace house and the living/dining room have been knocked through into one open plan room. Upon taking the (many) layers of old wallpaper off, we've discovered two cracks, approx 1-2mm running up each end of the concrete...