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sovietspybob · 11 Oct 2018 at 08:36

Bifolds work really well just as a normal door, well ours do anyway. We've got a 3 panel door and the first one just works like a standard door you can open and close without having to touch the other 2 panels.

Worth a think about as i really love ours, ours are kind of our back door to the house so i use it a lot to get to the garden, let the cat out and bring in logs as it's the closest door between the log store and the stove.

Nedved11 · 11 Oct 2018 at 23:50

Nice work. The old kitchen used as the new utility seems like a lot of wasted space?

Crizzy · 12 Oct 2018 at 14:13

Well done, looks good. I would love to do this but I would be concerned of falling foul of building regs, which are horribly complex to a noob.

clubb699 · 4 Mar 2019 at 16:50

Thanks for the updates not boring at all, just motivating and interesting, keep them coming

planty · 4 Mar 2019 at 17:11

Seriously impressive work so far, well done!

eviled · 4 Mar 2019 at 21:07

lovely thread

whats the mini course above the second course of block work for?

eviled · 11 Mar 2019 at 17:03

The reclaimed bricks look great, I like them in their uncleaned state

whats the thickness of the insulation? What U-values are you going for?

IvanDobskey · 12 Mar 2019 at 13:47

Impressive stuff

Keep the updates coming

eviled · 12 Mar 2019 at 21:54

What’s the regs/rules with cavity insulation? Is 75mm in the cavity leaving too little space?

Your block work and pointing is awesome, keep up the good work (and updates!)

Entai · 13 Mar 2019 at 08:56

Sorry, just to clarify, I think I can see from the last pic you using starter kits on both the outer brick wall and the inner block work wall, too the existing house wall?

Personally i think it always looks so much nicer to take the time and effort to tooth in the outer brickwork wall, perfectly ok to use starters on the block work as its hidden, but the outer just looks so much smarter toothed in nicely.

I know its costs a bit more when getting a builder to quote for toothing in, but as you are doing this yourself surely the extra time and effort would have been worth it in the end ?

Also I am assuming your existing house is not cavity wall?

Or that your local building regs do not require the cavity continuing into the extension, nor a vertical damp proof course needed between old wall and new?