Soldato
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We did something similar in 2018 at our old house and it cost ~£40k including the new kitchen and flooring. Have building costs really gone up that much?!
PS. Isn't that first course on foundations supposed to be engineering bricks?
Yup. A lot of stuff has gone up. It's crazyWe did something similar in 2018 at our old house and it cost ~£40k including the new kitchen and flooring. Have building costs really gone up that much?!
PS. Isn't that first course on foundations supposed to be engineering bricks?
Are they taking out the existing slab and then pouring a new one before fitting an UFH system? Considering something similar myself. What sort of SQM have they quoted?Hope it all goes smoothly for you.
We started taking down existing conservatory today, rest should go down tomorrow then knock down current kitchen extension by end of the week. Plan is to rebuilt in pretty much the same footprint and make it open plan rather than the silly U-shape it is now, expected timeframe around 16 weeks, originally was 12weeks but they said to add 4 weeks for underfloor heating as they need to rebuilt most of the downstairs floor. Might start a thread once there's bit more to post.
Are they taking out the existing slab and then pouring a new one before fitting an UFH system? Considering something similar myself. What sort of SQM have they quoted?
Opening of what? The width of the extension will be 6.5m or so, but the bi-fold opening will be 3.5mOut of curiosity how big is your opening (Oooh matron) and costs of steels?
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Good progress.
I'm no structural engineer but I can't help but look at that main horizontal cross beam and think it should be on top of the two vertical steels, rather than just bolted to them. A lot of weight (including the beam itself) relying on the shear strength of those bolts.
It must be fine though or building control wouldn't have signed it off.
Perfectly valid comment!Like I said I'm not a structural engineer . I'd think there would be some clamping forces to take in to consideration but I'm not a mathematician either!