Recent content by extensionprobs

There's been a new development! The builders pulled out saying he's run out of money! It basicly got to the last stage of the build (the extension is built but no RSJ, no internal walls, no floor screed) and he says he's made no money due to cost over-runs and has pulled out. His quote was...

The buildingregs inspector wasn't concerned about the steel at all when we went over plans for the extension. He was only concerned with things like window openings, wall ties, details of foundations in the drawing. He didn't even look at the steel. He didn't seem concerned with how it would...

We're having an extension done by a builder we don't 100% trust and want to feel sure the front of the house isn't going to collapse - that he's done his RSJ calculation. We have a mid terrace two storey property that we have a builder doing a front extension on. The extension is 6.5m wide and...