Hi,
I am buying a house which has an outbuilding about 6 feet from the back of it. The outbuilding is at 90 degrees to the building and in line with one side (so it forms an L shape).
In the 6 feet gap, is an enclosed area, with a tile floor.
I would like to join together the buildings but the floor of the outbuilding is about 2.5 inches higher than the floor of the house (the floor in the outbuilding is concrete and the house is either tile or parquet - both presumably above concrete). The floor of the enclosed area is about 5 inches lower than the house floor, and 7.5 inches lower than the outbuilding floor.
I might also want to extend the back of the house, and again connect it to the outbuilding, overlapping by about 2 metres. If this is at the same level as the house floor, it would obviously also be about 2.5 inches lower than the outbuilding.
I am wondering what the options for reconciling the floor levels.
I'd like to avoid a step-up, especially if I extend at the back of the house, and raising the floor in the house doesn't seem very practical given the nature of the flooring.
I don't know if it would be possible to lower the floor in the outbuilding, or whether a gradual slope in the floor would be workable.
Any thoughts would be very much appreciated.
I am buying a house which has an outbuilding about 6 feet from the back of it. The outbuilding is at 90 degrees to the building and in line with one side (so it forms an L shape).
In the 6 feet gap, is an enclosed area, with a tile floor.
I would like to join together the buildings but the floor of the outbuilding is about 2.5 inches higher than the floor of the house (the floor in the outbuilding is concrete and the house is either tile or parquet - both presumably above concrete). The floor of the enclosed area is about 5 inches lower than the house floor, and 7.5 inches lower than the outbuilding floor.
I might also want to extend the back of the house, and again connect it to the outbuilding, overlapping by about 2 metres. If this is at the same level as the house floor, it would obviously also be about 2.5 inches lower than the outbuilding.
I am wondering what the options for reconciling the floor levels.
I'd like to avoid a step-up, especially if I extend at the back of the house, and raising the floor in the house doesn't seem very practical given the nature of the flooring.
I don't know if it would be possible to lower the floor in the outbuilding, or whether a gradual slope in the floor would be workable.
Any thoughts would be very much appreciated.
