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Hi, Ive been looking through the Scottish building regs technical handbook for required foundation depth for a single storey side extension. Cant seem to find the part about it...

Hi, I'm fitting a ledger board to gable end to hang a suspended floor off in new extension. The other end of joists will be on joist hangers hung from the blocks at other end. Should I bring the dpm up from under the concrete oversight and behind the ledger board at one side and the joist...

This would be with no internal supporting masonry walls, they will be built by wood/plaster

Hi, Could someone please advise what the max length of wall i could build as part of an extension down the side of house would be? It will be the outer wall running parallel with existing gable. Wall will be cavity and both skins solid block. Simple lean to roof. Would 8 m long x 3 m...

Planning a side extension on house below As you can see the chimney is on the side. I was planning to only have the extension down the side to within 50cm of the chimney However, do you think it would be a good idea to build around the chimney so the build went a couple of meters...

Ah right I see what you mean! I'll look into it, sounds expensive though! Thanks for your help

I was thinking outer skin 100mm dense blocks and inner 100mm lightweight celcon. Outer will be fully rendered - for extension on side of below - limited space due to boundary wall so trying to keep thickness down

Hi Would a 50mm cavity fully filled with dritherm sheets be a sufficient cavity insulation for a 3m x 5m extension? Cavity walls will be built with blocks for both skins. Would like to keep cavity to a minimum to maximise floor space. Thanks

Hi all, just planning a side extension -single storey and have few queries while I'm trying to get plan formulated in my head! Suspended floor (as on sloping site) - should joists run the 5m length of extension, supported on sleeper walls, or across the 3m length attached to house with ledger...

This pic shows sort of what I'd be trying to do.

Hi guys I'm planning a self build side extension and assumed Id need a suspended timber floor as the site ground level drops 3-4 feet from one end to the other. As well as the fact the house currently has this type of floor as it's built on the slope. However I'm thinking it may be...

Hi, Looking to get an extension added to rear of 60s semi detached in Dundee to allow for bigger kitchen. I've attached image of house - extension will come out approx 4m and be around 6m across width of house. Looking for pitched roof and fairly standard design, couple of windows, door...

Picture of rear of house where extension to go