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House extensions, loft and garage conversions, structural openings, renovations and full refurbishments for homes across Reading and the surrounding villages. Fully insured, free written quote.
Side and rear
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On a terrace or semi the single storey rear limit is three metres, or six with prior approval, and a side return is the usual answer in Reading.
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Nothing is poured until building control has been in the trench, and the new footings tie into the existing ones.
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The steel is sized by an engineer's calculation and filed with building control before a single cut is made.
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Everything through to decoration: roof, windows, screed, both fixes and the plastering, so it is a finished room.
Lofts and dormers
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A terraced loft has forty cubic metres, rising to fifty on a semi or detached, always measured against the original roof.
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Dormers, rooflights and hip to gable conversions, with the floor structure designed instead of propped off old rafters.
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Mains interlinked alarms at every level, fire doors, and a stairway that is protected.
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Garage conversions: floor lifted, door opening closed up and the walls insulated.
Inside works
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Taking a wall out needs a steel and the calculation to go with it, so the engineer is involved before demolition is.
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Heating, rewires, kitchens and bathrooms run in a planned order so trades are not falling over one another.
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Work on a party wall needs two months of notice, excavation near a neighbour's footings one month.
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Decorating, joinery and plastering by people who do it every day, and the house handed back clean.
Building specialists in Reading
Frequently asked questions
GET YOUR FREE QUOTE NOW
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Send your postcode, what you would like doing, and a few photographs of the space as it is now.
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We look at the house before we price anything. What is holding it up decides half of the job.
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You get the quote in writing, itemised line by line, so you can see what each part of the work costs.
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Happy with it? We agree dates in writing before anyone turns up, and you are fully insured throughout.