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Hi, no sorry - the door into the garage is the same but then we have a door to the left where the downstairs WC (on the garage wall). We don't want a second sink we just don't want to lose the one we have Hi, thanks for your input - yes he will be handing over to a structural engineer. At the...

No I understand there'll be disruption - but is it going to be a case of ripping up the entire converted space and starting again? My main concern is that what we have along the back wall of the converted space will no longer fit due to needing a steel post in the back corner. So we have a...

Hi all Last year we completed a single story kitchen extension and converted part of the garage into a utility room. I have included a picture below from a house that sold in the area recently which is similar to our conversion (main difference is our back door is where the WC is). At the...

Yes will have to - although will worry between now and then! I recall one builder who we har round for a quote suggested gallows brackets and another steel so I was quite surprised that the builder we went with said a concrete lintel would be fine

Actually just checked our SE drawings and for some reason they still show the chimney breast in tact. The architect sent the plans to the SE (which show no chimney breast) so I have no idea why this hasn’t been reflected. Should I be worried?

We also obtained planning permission from the council

We definitely did have a SE look at it as it’s part of a bigger job - extension and knocking down walls. We paid money to building control too who came out at the start of the project so I assume this is covered

Yeah I don’t understand either - how would it usually be supported?

Hi, We are renovating downstairs and are planning to remove the chimney breast to make room for a bigger kitchen. We measured up to order kitchen units and plan to have tall wall units - going almost all the way to the ceiling. Our builder has told us he will use a concrete lintel to support...