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Thanks for looking at that. I was going to cast a solid floor level with the top of the lintel, stick foam sheet insulation over that, then 12mm plank flooring directly over the top. Does that sound ok? Is there a rule of thumb for choosing lintels? Cheers Tony

Thanks for that. I've just been looking at lintels: http://www.naylorlintels.co.uk/properties.asp?range=Economy&lintel=ER6&firerating=0 They are specified on the basis of being supported 150mm at each end. If stick one end into the existing house wall, then that is only 100mm. Is that a...

I have removed a conservatory due to subsidence and plan to build a single room extension in the same place. (Despite a double skin dwarf wall, the conservatory did not have any foundations to speak of and was not even built on a proper raft!) The site is within a few metres of a pond. The house...