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Thank you all for your replys, some a little technical! I was reading my plans and it states to use a birtley lintel or equlivant, the building inspector has stamped my plans as approved so I assume and hope the builder would have to stick to this? Is a birtley lintel a concrete or steel one?

I am having a single storey extension built with a utilty room, a dinning room and a cloakroom, do the windows need to meet the building regulations on escape? I did not need planning permission as it is a permitted development The window company said no and said top opening widows would...

Ive took some photos just going to upload them now, its a wooden floor

I hope someone can advise me on my extension, I have no faith in my builder at all. I have had a downstairs toilet, sink and shower room built onto my kitchen extsnion. The builder has laid the floors and not put any pipe work down under them? I noticed today that he has attached a thin...

Thanks everyone, yeah building control are involved and it is an external supporting wall I think I will ask the building inspector as I think the builder is looking for a cheaper option

I am having an extension built to make my kitchen bigger and I am worried about what the builder has said. The opening is to be 2.1m taking the whole kitchen wall out and extending into the new kitchen. My builder said I do not need an RSJ as the opening is not very wide and he is going to...

Hi I am having a single storey side extension built and my builder was going to buy the windows from wickes but I had a couple of window companies come and quote. They both said wickes windows were externally beaded and not secure. Anyway we are having a roof light installed and the builder...

My dad cant decide which shower cabin to buy, any suggestions or opinions on a normal hydro massage shower cabin or a steam shower cabin? We have a combi boiler Thanks

The new shower is to be installed in the downstairs bathroom, we already have a therostatic shower upstairs and that works great so does that mean this one will?

Thanks for the reply I have a combi boiler system. Someone told me therostatic showers did not work well for the shower cabins, what kind is best to buy?

My dad wants to buy one of the hydro massage shower cabins without steam. We first saw it in Wickes but it was £1300 then we saw one in a local bathroom shop for £700 (looked the same) Ive found some on the net for £400 but they are not therostatic showers like the one in wickes, can you...

thank you so much everyone for your replys, I feel happier now I have a better picture. foundations ahve now been dug out to 1.8m on all sides and the tree is coming out next week

I have a eucalyptus tree 5.5 metres away (9m hight) from the far corner of my propsed single extension. The foundations were dug 900 the building inspector said no they have to be 1.8m in 2 metre directiosn from the corner he has now come out and said he wants one whole side 1.8m I am so...

thank you so much you have been most helpful

That looks really nice, the builder said it would look best with high ceilings (are those vaulted?) and if he did that then beams would show As you can tell I have no knowledge of this and therefore could not argue the point thanks so much

Im not really bothered if the roof window is at the front or side really just wanted one

on the new plans (the ones ive uploaded are the first ones) the roof light is at the front

Added pics of the plans, I am having the extension sectioned into a bedroom and kitchen extension[/img]