Hi,
i'm in very early stages of considering applying to extend the front of my house but don't want to go the expense of planning applications etc if the sewer pipes under my house are going to make building costs prohibitive.
the image below shows two 150mm diameter pipes (brown and blue drawn to scale) and a 150mm exclusion zone in turquoise either side of them according to the water company's requirements for no foundations in that area.
you will see the dark black box indication where the outside wall of a single story extension would go.
could someone advise what kind of work would be required to build the extension in the position shown? would i be able to get away with lintels over the drains etc? my concern is the top right corner in the image which has the corner of the extension and front wall sitting on top of the extension.
i'm in very early stages of considering applying to extend the front of my house but don't want to go the expense of planning applications etc if the sewer pipes under my house are going to make building costs prohibitive.
the image below shows two 150mm diameter pipes (brown and blue drawn to scale) and a 150mm exclusion zone in turquoise either side of them according to the water company's requirements for no foundations in that area.
you will see the dark black box indication where the outside wall of a single story extension would go.
could someone advise what kind of work would be required to build the extension in the position shown? would i be able to get away with lintels over the drains etc? my concern is the top right corner in the image which has the corner of the extension and front wall sitting on top of the extension.