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Thank you seamless would be the ideal, will be researching it more and contacting SE (y)

Will be asking BC advice about the insulation first thing. Both floor and flat roof are a bit non-standard, floor is only 1-2" lower than the rest of the bungalow and not much space in the flat roof either by the looks of it. Hopefully we'll find a solution!

Thank you that is reassuring about the foundations! A good point about the lintel. It doesn't look there is brickwork above the current up and over door, there is just the flat roof. I include a not so good picture taken from inside the garage, the plasterboard ceiling doesn't go all the way...

Thought to include a plan from my other post to make it visually more clear. The bit of the garage which is protruding under its own flat roof is highlighted in green. However the walls are there as is the rest of the bungalow, brick and block construction - would that follow that appropriate...

Doh you are right. Just went up there and nothing appears to be resting on the wall separating the garage from the hallway, all other vertical walls however are supporting the purlins - two supports on the front and three on the back... I think ours is called purlin roof? If we wanted to remove...

Thinking about removing the walls marked in red on the plan. Is there a chance they may not be load bearing? The floor joists run front to back, and the roof is pitched with gables right and left. We will involve a structural engineer before doing the work, but just wondering if it is a likely...

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...