House Extensions designed and built....... An example!.
The family-run firm is based in Eastleigh, completing building extensions in the local area, in
Southampton, Winchester, and the wider Hampshire area.
Foundations and Footings
The foundations and the footings built.
The oversite you see here is made up from 150mm hardcore with a 40mm sand blinding followed
by the 1200 gauge Damp Proof Membrane then the 100mm cellotex insulation seen here. The joints
are taped and inspected by the Council then a 150mm concrete cap poured over the top.
Building out of the ground
Extension
Once the oversite is concreted the extension can take form.
There is a 100mm cavity with 100mm Thermolight blocks and 50mm cellotex cavity insulation held
in place with wall ties and buttons. Then there is the 100mm outside brick course. We are building
on the back of the premises leaving the existing kitchen extension in situ and building over the top
of the whole house to form the loft conversion without exposing the existing house to the weather.
Blending new with old ..........
Blending new with old
Firfix Extension to Main House.
Here we are bolting onto one wall of the existing kitchen extension using firfix wall ties. The hole has
been excavated for the drainage to be installed. There are 2 forms of connection either toothing in
or as above using Fir-Fix wall ties
DESIGN AND BUILD
BUILDER - EXTENSIONS,
LOFT CONVERSIONS IN AND
AROUND SOUTHAMPTON
AND THE HOME COUNTIES
Building tower........
Tower for reaching the gable
The loft conversion
A tower is used here to enable work to be carried out on the ridge and rafters. Here you see the
new gable built up from the existing main house and the doorway in what will be the new loft
conversion.
The Gable Wall
Roof tiles to match
Velux windows in
The new roof is now insulated, felt and battened and tiled in, and is now fully water tight. The new
loft conversion is now built over the existing house and sheeted in every night to keep dry. Once the
entire roof has been built and tiled, the inside work can commence. The existing roof is now
removed and the breakthroughs into the main house are started. we work and build extensions in
and around Eastleigh Southampton and Winchester Hampshire
Framing the extension doors........
Framing extension doors
Building in the French Doors
The new French doors are being positioned and held into place so as to be built in. The central
supporting wall is also being built and firfixed to the existing house.
The roof has been temporarily stripped back for the supporting walls plate to line up exactly
Installing the cavity insulation
Insulation
Cellotex Cavity Insulation .
Cellotex cavity insulation held on with the wall ties and buttons. This will achieve the necessary UV
values accepted by the local authority,(local burgh council)
Upvc windows ..........
UPVC WINDOWS
Building in the Windows
The upvc windows are built in and the brickwork goes on up to the joist level. The joists are placed
at 400mm centres and supported on the middle wall, and the joists that are to go over the existing
kitchen are notched into the existing flat roof again so as not to break into the house until the last
minute, keeping the customer happy.
Building in the joists........
Building in The Joists
Joists on supporting wall
Joists supported on the central wall and a concrete lintel over the door opening. These will be
extended over the top of the existing kitchen. These timbers are 50mm x 200mm. A Catnic lintel is
provided over the French Doors, this will be calculated within the engineers design
The Gable Wall
Building The gable wall
The timber ladder built into the gable wall.
The gable with ladder to the new roof being built in, scaffolding to enable a cropped roof to be
constructed above the bedroom's French doors. Railings or balcony will need to be built up to
1100mm high in front of the French doors
Timber rafters ..........
Rafters at 400 centres
Steel work now in place
A tower is used here to enable work to be carried out on the ridge and rafters. Here you see the
new gable built up from the existing main house and the doorway in what will be the new loft
conversion. The new roof is now insulated, felt and battoned and tiled in, and is fully water tight. The
new loft conversion is built over the existing house and sheeted in every night to keep dry. Once the
entire roof has been built and tiled, the inside work can commence. The existing roof is now
removed and the breakthroughs into the main house are started
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