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Thanks for the reply John, Can anyone confirm any of the construction methods from the previous post? Thanks

Thanks for the reply, just spoke to our BCO and explained that the room will be unheated and we will be going over the recommended amount with all the other insulation and his reply was no. Because it might become a habitable room in the future it has to be done to regs. Can anyone help with...

Hello, a bit of thread resurrection but we're finally in a position to start on the utility room conversion and had a few questions/ things to confirm. The current concrete floor with DPM is 115 to 127mm lower than our intended finish height. With the variations in level we were thinking of...

Thanks for the replies everyone, We would like the utility room to be level with the kitchen as the door to the garden from the garage (proposed utility) is 150mm higher at the moment and we would like to tile across and into the utilty room with the same tiles as currently in the kitchen...

Thank you for the reply, would we be able to use 75mm celotex, 18mm ply and 6mm cement board instead? Thanks again

Hello, We are currently getting our house extended on the side and have decided to add on converting part of our current garage to a utility room. Our garage is 4 x 8m and we are wanting to convert just the rear section (4 x 3m) into a utility room. The garage is single brick construction so we...

Thanks Leofric, we have reviewed dozens of planning applications (some drawn in biro!) submitted over the past year to our local council and followed the best one's drawn by architects. The cross hatching represents the new brickwork but I will take your advice and amend the plans. The plans are...

Yes, we are 0.3m from the boundary and the neighbours house is 1.2m from the boundary, meaning 1.5m between our extension and their window. How would you make the front elevation more attractive? And what do you mean by poorly represented? Thanks, Hayley

LukeB123, the footings for the garage have been laid to support a structure directly above (these have been checked and approved by building control) and it seems bizarre to not utilise these and create new ones. It would also mean the extension would be narrow and could not be used as intended...

Wessez101, the neighbours window is a secondary bedroom window, the main window is on the front of the property. The window is original I believe. The top of their side window is higher than the eaves would be on our property, and we believe that the loss of light to this window would be minimal...

Thanks Wessex 101, she did say in a separate paragraph: "Please give further consideration to reducing the width of the first floor extension at the side which would also reduce the impact of the proposal on the neighbouring dwelling and the window in the side elevation of number 23." Thanks...

It is 0.3m to the boundary and there was an extension approved last week with an extension of similar proportion to ours, and closer to the neighbouring property which I will mention on the reply. The extension is wider than half of the original house, 4.3m to be exact. We can't change their...

Hello, We have recently applied for planning permission to extend our 1st floor on top of our existing garage. Please see attached drawing of extension. We have had an email from planning today: "It is my view that the proposed first floor extension is too wide and appears visually...