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We're knocking through the kitchen and dining room in our new house and extending the kitchen to the side. The extension will have a solid floor, the kitchen has quarry tiles and the dining room is a suspended floor which will have new boards laid. I don't like the idea of 3 different sub...

I shortened the length of my stairs by having 12 risers of 220mm each instead of 13 risers of 200mm. This only works if you have a winder staircase. (increasing the height of the winders doesn't increase the length of the staircase). For you, this would mean the landing is a little bit further...

Yeah, we'll either get a top opening one or one that doesn't open.

I've had a bit of a think and had an idea. If we fit a 610mm fire door and we put a velux style window in front of it, the narrow door can just about open into the window recess. No cutting the corner off the door required.

I don't suppose it has to be, its just nice to have. We could just do what the guy suggests and cut the corner off the door. But I'd rather not if there's a good alternative. Is there such a thing as a fire proof bi-fold door? That would work. Does the door need to be fire proof? We...

If I understand you right, you're suggesting we put a small landing on the left at the top of the stairs and have the door parallel to the ridge when open? That door would still not fit under the slope. You would just swap the open and closed positions.

We went with the bigger rafters to keep the guy sweet. We might need to push him on something later on. Here's a sketch of the top floor. Ceiling height is 2.65m under the ridge, which runs across the width of the picture. The door to the front room is at the top of the stairs. There is...

I'm in the middle of having a loft conversion done on a 1930s semi. The building inspector came round yesterday. He said he was happy with everything done so far and doesn't need to come back until the insulation is in. Good news. But then he mentioned fire doors. Our conversion has a...