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Hi Guys, I know this is a how long is a piece of string question, but any rough estimates will be fine :) Below is a picture of the back of my house, i am thinking about having an extension built, this would mean knocking the outbuilding down as its single skin, the room to the left is a...

I think I will look at building at the other side if the garden, I have a big garden so no problems over that side. So what size foundations should I be looking at digging, would digging 60cm wide and 60cm down, then filling with 45cm of concrete, is that enough?

Hi Woody, I believe the trees are leylandii, they are quite tall but i dug that area up a few years back and put raised decking with 4 corner posts cemented in the ground with intermediate posts as well, i don't recall coming across any roots then and the decking is about 5 x 3 metre in the...

Cheers Woody, I might have to have a change of area in the garden, just been doing some reading and started to read about trees and foundations, my neighbour has massive conifer type trees at the back of his garden so it might not be an option now after all!

Hi Guys, I am looking at building a large brick and block shed/mancave back garden, it will all fall withing permitted developed so wont need any special permissions. I am thinking constructing something about 5 x 3 with a roof no higher than 2.5m. What foundations would you use, strip or...

So now after 95% completing the brick work i have some more questions :) so i am having 2 5 x 2 lengths of wood bolted top and bottom of the house to support the roof trusses, i am going for an 8 x 2 bearer plate spanning the length of the porch going to the brick pillar on the opposite side of...

Whats more confusing is i live in Manchester so no where near Gateshead lol, but my local building control officer sent me this link as he said "This website explains it better than ours"

Just had a reply from my local council with the following link: http://www.gateshead.gov.uk/Building%20and%20Development/regs/Consent.aspx The exemption part says extensions of a building by the addition at ground level of conservatories, canopies, porches, covered ways and car ports, all...

Thanks for your reply woody :)

During the day we do get a lot of sunlight in the room and have to have blinds shut, but i also quite like the look of a full length canopy, a few have them around where i live.

Do you think i would need planning permission?

i have sent an email to building control for my local area, so shall wait for a response.

Hi, The roof will be no more than 3m high and will be pitched, if i needed permission would it be a possibility to have a small gap in between them so they would be classed as 2 different things, i.e a porch and separate canopy?

Thanks Woody, So I would have 2 bearer plates connected running along the top and bottom of the roof structure on the wall, then the bearer plate running across the front going from the porch to the adjoining pillar, all connecting with the ceiling rafters does that sound right? Thanks Again John

Sorry Woody, I thought that the long piece of wood that connects across the length of the wall is called a wall plate? The span is too long for one piece I think?

Hi Guys, I am currently in the middle of constructing a brick porch on the front of my ex council house, as shown below. [/IMG] My question is about the roof, i am wanting to build a brick pillar on the opposite side of the big window and have the roof spanning the distance. What size wall...

Thanks for the reply, so if i were going to use double skin i would make the width 600mm? If i dug down 750mm how thick should the concrete trench be? Am i right in thinking engineering blocks up to dpc on the outer later and medium density blocks top to bottom inside layer? Thanks again for...

Evening, Just wondered if anyone could give me an idea of depth and width needed for a brick built porch? I don't need planning permission as long as i don't go above 3 meters in height and external walls don't measure more than 3 square meters. I am just unsure of what depth to go down, how...