Hello everyone and apologies for yet another garage conversion post! I did a search and couldn't find a discussion where the up and over garage door is replaced with a front door as opposed to building a wall and a window.
Our bungalow was built sometime between 1950 and 1960, it is brick/block/cavity construction and the garage is integral and of the same construction. By "integral" I mean it is part of the original structure of the bungalow, there is a room to the right of the garage, and a room to the back of the garage, all of this in under the same pitched roof covering the whole bungalow except a small bit at the front where the garage is protruding forward of the main framework, maybe 3-4 feet, and that portion has a flat roof. This protruding part of the garage is where the up and over door is located.
I'm hoping to do the conversion properly with BC approval, but wanted to double check first the likely obstacles we could encounter.
One question is about replacing the up and over door with a front door. I'd like to do a "like for like" replacement so far as possible, so as not to interfere much with the existing brickwork. I'm planning to order a front door with sidelights of the same overall size as the existing up and over door. The DPC is between 1 and 1.5 bricks up from the ground level in the area of the up and over door, and I'm wondering if the best approach would be to find matching bricks (tricky) and build up to DPC level before installing the front door. Or given that it will be such a short "wall" of only 1-1.5 bricks high, would some different approach be preferable?
My other question is about foundations under the up and over door. Is it likely that BC may require us to dig to check the foundations before approving the replacement of the up and over door with the front door? Given that the garage is integral to the bungalow, also the bungalow is built on a sloping ground front to back and left to right, could there be a chance BC will assume the garage has the same type and depth of foundation as the bungalow? (Thinking about differential movement/settling and so the need for uniform foundations?)
Many thanks all
Our bungalow was built sometime between 1950 and 1960, it is brick/block/cavity construction and the garage is integral and of the same construction. By "integral" I mean it is part of the original structure of the bungalow, there is a room to the right of the garage, and a room to the back of the garage, all of this in under the same pitched roof covering the whole bungalow except a small bit at the front where the garage is protruding forward of the main framework, maybe 3-4 feet, and that portion has a flat roof. This protruding part of the garage is where the up and over door is located.
I'm hoping to do the conversion properly with BC approval, but wanted to double check first the likely obstacles we could encounter.
One question is about replacing the up and over door with a front door. I'd like to do a "like for like" replacement so far as possible, so as not to interfere much with the existing brickwork. I'm planning to order a front door with sidelights of the same overall size as the existing up and over door. The DPC is between 1 and 1.5 bricks up from the ground level in the area of the up and over door, and I'm wondering if the best approach would be to find matching bricks (tricky) and build up to DPC level before installing the front door. Or given that it will be such a short "wall" of only 1-1.5 bricks high, would some different approach be preferable?
My other question is about foundations under the up and over door. Is it likely that BC may require us to dig to check the foundations before approving the replacement of the up and over door with the front door? Given that the garage is integral to the bungalow, also the bungalow is built on a sloping ground front to back and left to right, could there be a chance BC will assume the garage has the same type and depth of foundation as the bungalow? (Thinking about differential movement/settling and so the need for uniform foundations?)
Many thanks all
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