Victorian semi detached, To Knock through or Not
Hello all
I have been toying with the idea of knocking through from our current kitchen to the adjacent dining room to make a larger kitchen diner.
We have had mixed opinions with it wrecking the style of the property, just wanted to see other peoples opinions.
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Comments (8)I like your plan, I would put an external door on the utility instead. and ideally get the boiler in there if you can. (boiler there more important than door- if its a choice) block up external door to office (not needed) put a cloak room under stairs and use the doorway space - access cloak room from under stairs. Just need to know where your external soil pipe is to confirm. i can recommend an architectural technician. (although you could probably sketch it yourself) he also does B.regs / project management as well, if required re the construction, over hand block build the party wall side. brick and block the rest, you will need a steel over the bifold if wider than 3.6m. cheaper option is to have larger french doors with fixed glazing either side, (then you may not need the steel.) you will need one for the internal partition. so delivering two easy as one i may be able to supply the easi joists and 18mm osb for the roof (bit of a small job) get your services (lights) up in there easily . 5m easy to span try and get a warm roof if poss. (insulation on top and then ur choice of roof covering) check heights when designing and submitting plans) cold roofs are a pain. good luck , happy to help Chris...See MoreOffer accepted! 1898 Semi detached needing total renovation - help! :)
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Comments (6)Hey Anthony, There's a few options here: You make an open plan kitchen, where the current office actually becomes the dining area. I feel like your living room would be quieter anyway so move the office there. Another option is to live there for a while and see if a side extension is really worth it. See where your family/kids prefer to spend time, and you'll know better if it's worth improving/enlarging a particular space. I don't know what the current upper right corner is used for in your case, but it's often a dead space or just a place to store junk, so in the long run it might be worth converting it to an internal area. If you connect the current living and dinning with bifolds that space risks becoming just an access corridor. On the toilet ideally you would swap it to face the hall, although not sure how much headroom there is under stairs. Office & Living Room open plan - Do you really want to lose that living room? Keeping it separate is usually a geat deal as it can be multipurposed (office, bedroom, library, study etc) Andrei...See More
3 years ago
PRO3 years agoHi,
You would need to consult a structural engineer before removing a fireplace or chimney stack and surrounding walls. 1 or 2 steel beams would be able to hold the floor and chimney stack above, or the chimney stack could be fully removed on all upper floors. But you could combine the rooms without removing the chimney stack, for cost saving/structural reasons or to keep it as a feature. It would definitely be a good idea to incorporate part of the existing hallway as this only serves to connect to the kitchen anyway. So I have done a couple of quick sketches to show some options for this:
But knocking through the chimney would definitely give you a more flexible and better space to work with, and I don't think it will affect the character of the property! Here is another sketch to show 1 possible layout for this!
Please let me know what you think?
And I wish you all the best with your project!!Phill
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