Recent content by Chris Johnstone

Hi, my wife and I have viewed an old Victorian house with the only drawback being no parking which is a game changer, the house next door was converted into flats with parking behind, we’ve asked the freeholder if we can negotiate a price for access down the drive to put parking to the back of...

Plus I have a separate roof pitch so additional loft with a lot smaller roof pitch as I have a walkway under our bedroom so the house is attached at the top but not the bottom, I'd like to see if I can knock a hole in the wall in the third picture and turn that space into a large "wardrobe /...

Yeah, from joist to ridge board is near enough 4.5m so loads of room! I'd factored steels and new floor joists into my costings, so if it's just an extra 20 new rafters and some structural timber as an additional cost then that's not the end of the world, cheers

Hi, thanks for the replies I'm going to attempt to put some pics up, I've tried to get the whole loft in but it wasn't happening! There is no central wall so will be party wall to party wall and there are currently 10 rafters (2 against one party wall then 8 spaced at 600mm to the other wall).

I'm looking to extend up into my loft and am trying to work out initially what structural work will need doing. I want to put a long flat roof dormer at the back and velux's at the front. The house is 10 years old so is the 'W' shape style. I'm aware of steels needing to go in etc, I've just...

im installing a linear drain at one end of my patio and was wondering if normal 40mm upvc waste pipe is strong enough to be buried? I don't want to use the underground pipe as the area is too fiddly and it's got to go through a retaining wall, any advice greatly appreciated...