How to Insulate a Victorian terrace. We have just started a small project for a customers in Wakefield. The house we are working on is a 1900 terraced house , these types of houses don’t have insulation in between the cavity and have what’s is called a 9 inch solid wall. They didn’t insulate the […]
On the extension we are on currently, we have been installing some steel RSJs, in order to hold up what used to be the exterior second floor of the property. The clients request is for the space in their new extension to be open plan; this involves holding the existing house exterior with Acro props […]
This week we began excavating the footings for a single story extension in stanley to the rear of our clients property. In contrast to how our footings are usually installed, this time we are building off a concrete raft; Now, as we said,this is different to what we conventionally do. The normal procedure usually is […]
Double story extension In Selby part 3 In order for us to carry on building, we had to have some steel measured, made and delivered to site. The problem was that this RSJ in particular weighed exactly one tonne and was eight meters long! So we organised for a crane to lift it up from […]
when a bricklayer lays DPC (damp proof course membrane) on a house extension, it has to be at least 6 inches from the ground, so rain cannot splash and hit the bricks that are higher than the damp. If the ground level makes it not possible to have the DPC at 6 inch, it can […]
We are currently in the middle of building a two story house extension in Wistow, a picaresque village in North Yorkshire. Its home to a 15th century church, and was formerly the sight of a colliery that was closed in 2004. At 32 linear metres, this extension is definitely on the larger side of what […]