OK..... new to this, even tho I have browsed it over the last few weeks!
I am in the process of planning a re-haul on the large bedroom to create two bedrooms for the kids. It will have an internal wood framed stud wall, and will require a new window to be cut into the exterior wall.
The property is a mid terrace. I have the window unit already here. It is a full-opener with a top opener. It is fire regs approved for the building regs. It will positioned in the newly "partitioned off" area. I have spoken to building regs and confirmed that the minimum required is 500mm fro the corner of the property. This would mean that it is 500 mm frm the existing window in the wall. The property is from the 1890s. I dont believe that it has a cavity, due to the age. I have drilled through the walls in the past for aerial cabling etc.
apologies for rambling....... 2 questions i have are: are 2 concrete lintels enough support for a window opening of approx 2ft?
What is the best ways of making good regarding a DPC for this kind of wall (9"no cavity brick)
thanks in advance
I am in the process of planning a re-haul on the large bedroom to create two bedrooms for the kids. It will have an internal wood framed stud wall, and will require a new window to be cut into the exterior wall.
The property is a mid terrace. I have the window unit already here. It is a full-opener with a top opener. It is fire regs approved for the building regs. It will positioned in the newly "partitioned off" area. I have spoken to building regs and confirmed that the minimum required is 500mm fro the corner of the property. This would mean that it is 500 mm frm the existing window in the wall. The property is from the 1890s. I dont believe that it has a cavity, due to the age. I have drilled through the walls in the past for aerial cabling etc.
apologies for rambling....... 2 questions i have are: are 2 concrete lintels enough support for a window opening of approx 2ft?
What is the best ways of making good regarding a DPC for this kind of wall (9"no cavity brick)
thanks in advance