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Sorry one more question - how about the Worcester High Flow combi boilers (or similar) - would they be worth considering? Thanks, Pete

Hi, To clarify - yes it is the plumber advising us, who the builder subcontracted to - the working assumption was just what was in the original tender pack, we're not adamant on any solution hence the post to see what's best. What are the pros and cons between a stored water solution and a...

Hi, we're currently having an extension built, and looking for some suggestions on the best options around boilers and showers please. The house is currently a 3 bed semi with one family bathroom (bath and shower), heated by a 30kW combi boiler. Our current combo boiler works fine but is...

Hi John, We did consider and discuss that too but ruled it out for a few reasons... I won't bore you with them all but one of the key ones is there is likely to be at least a few months gap between the projects and they want to get theirs completed, plus it avoids any headaches if ours didn't...

Hi Woody, Yes we have asked them to do this too, just that they've chosen their builder already and I think there is a family connection, wanted a second opinion to make sure it is reasonable as I have no idea what the right ball park costs should be Thanks

Hi, my adjoining neighbour is building a ground floor extension to his kitchen and dining room. We plan to do the same ourselves later in the year so have agreed to build the wall down the boundary as a shared party wall and split the cost. Our own architect has recommended we agree the cost...

Hi, We are finalising plans for our extension and wondering about whether to render or not. The house is brick semi-detached circa 1960 with white uPVC windows. We will be extending out downstairs for the kitchen and dining room, including grey kitchen windows and bifold doors on the...

We did look at doing that but our attached neighbour is already planning on doing a mirror image (with window well) over their kitchen and dining room so we wanted to keep it similar, they already have permitted development approval. Also if we put in the flat roof with lanterns it will likely...

Hi, I checked the current draft plans from our architect and the cill will be raised to 97cm, so should be within the 110cm escape height assuming the window frame thickness is similar to what we have today. Do you have a rough feel for how much different we are talking in cost between the two...

I'd assumed we'd need a beam across the top, with bricks at the side. Or are you referring to the sides - may we require steel supports at the side as well? (NB the pictures are a mock-up I did as a quick illustration, rather than anything from the architect, so it's not meant to indicate we...

Aha, thanks for the point on privacy settings for the photos, now updated! Thanks for the input - yes we had reached a similar conclusion that it would purely be for our own enjoyment and would be unlikely to be a feature anyone would pay extra for. On balance I think we will stick to the more...

Thanks all for the feedback. It sounds like the vote is mainly towards maintaining the full height windows + window wells but this does lead to a couple more questions: 1) We plan to have Velux windows in the roof. How much of a gap would you expect to need between the flat area in the window...

Thanks both for the help, yes our house would be a similar value and we are rapidly reaching the same conclusion. We will have around 5m of bifold doors and 3x velux so as you say this should still bring in plenty of light. drpepe - If you don't mind me asking, approximately what cost were you...

If it's not a daft question, presumably if we were to have window wells set in to the roof then it will mean the inside ceiling of the room in the extension below will have to follow the same shape, with a 'stepped' appearance rather than a nice clean vaulted finish the full width? (i.e. you...

Thanks all for the replies so far. Flat roof not an option I'm keen on as I'd like to keep it as a tiled lean-to in keeping with what some of the neighbouring houses have done, and what the adjoining neighbour already has planning permission to do (and might cast a shadow on a roof light on a...

Thanks for the advice, though do you mind me asking what the rationale is behind this please? Kind regards, Pete

The mock-ups I did are below, which didn't embed in the above post for some reason. Thanks again in advance for your advice. Gable by pete1980 posted 29 Dec 2015 at 12:48 PMNonGable by pete1980 posted 29 Dec 2015 at 12:48 PM

Hi all, We are having plans drawn up for a ground floor extension. We are going to go with bifold doors on the family area, but are in two minds whether to go with a small glazed gable roof above above the bi-fold doors, so I was looking for a second opinion on potential costs and added value...

Hi all, We are getting plans drawn up for a ground floor extension to our kitchen and dining room, with a lean-to roof. Because of the extension depth (4m) and roof angle this will clash with the bottom of the window on one of our upstairs bedrooms. A few of our neighbours have similar...

Hi, I'm looking for some advice / suggestions around architects please. We are planning on having an extension to our 3 bed semi detached home, firstly a first floor extension over the existing garage to the side to add an extra bedroom, and secondly to extend out the back from the existing...