Soldato
Hello all,
So the mrs and I have pretty much agreed that our current downstairs layout has a bit of wasted space, as we don't use the dinning room that is all on its own.
We would both prefer to rejig the downstairs to merge the dinning room and kitchen into one large living area, allowing us to move our dinning table that resides at one end of the living room, in to the new large kitchen dinner. It would also mean that we would stop using the current dinning room as a dumping ground.
I have taken the original floor plan and done some crude ms paint skill on it to get the desired floor layout that we think would work for us.
Now, the logistics side of getting this work done. Would it be a wise idea to get an architect in to look at the idea and see if it is possible or not. Originally, we though of extending off the back of the property to make a wider kitchen/dinner, but we though to just reclaim some of the hall downstairs as this is just a walk way and could be reused. If we did go for an extension, and architect would be 100% required, but in this case, it is just a rejig... is it wise to get one in anyway?
The lounge goes the full length, and because of this, it has an RSJ running from the wall with the stairs next to it, to the outer wall. That to me tells me that the floor beams are running from the back to the front, so an RSJ will be needed in the kicthen/dinner to keep the upstairs, well upstairs.
The only other problem I see is the WC and moving it. On the other side of the outer wall of the WC is a manhole cover, so my guess is that the soil pipe runs straight to the sewer which runs alongside the property. This would have to be dug up and the soil pip moved as well as the access to it (via the manhole cover). Is that allowed or even possible?
Thoughts? Are we aiming for a too big a change?
So the mrs and I have pretty much agreed that our current downstairs layout has a bit of wasted space, as we don't use the dinning room that is all on its own.
We would both prefer to rejig the downstairs to merge the dinning room and kitchen into one large living area, allowing us to move our dinning table that resides at one end of the living room, in to the new large kitchen dinner. It would also mean that we would stop using the current dinning room as a dumping ground.
I have taken the original floor plan and done some crude ms paint skill on it to get the desired floor layout that we think would work for us.
Now, the logistics side of getting this work done. Would it be a wise idea to get an architect in to look at the idea and see if it is possible or not. Originally, we though of extending off the back of the property to make a wider kitchen/dinner, but we though to just reclaim some of the hall downstairs as this is just a walk way and could be reused. If we did go for an extension, and architect would be 100% required, but in this case, it is just a rejig... is it wise to get one in anyway?
The lounge goes the full length, and because of this, it has an RSJ running from the wall with the stairs next to it, to the outer wall. That to me tells me that the floor beams are running from the back to the front, so an RSJ will be needed in the kicthen/dinner to keep the upstairs, well upstairs.
The only other problem I see is the WC and moving it. On the other side of the outer wall of the WC is a manhole cover, so my guess is that the soil pipe runs straight to the sewer which runs alongside the property. This would have to be dug up and the soil pip moved as well as the access to it (via the manhole cover). Is that allowed or even possible?
Thoughts? Are we aiming for a too big a change?
