How do I bathroom / kitchen / extension? etc.

Cool. I wasn't sure if plumbers did the outdoors/underground bits as well as indoors.

Anyone have a good source for large fixed windows like this?

https://www.1stfoldingslidingdoors.co.uk
https://www.maxlight.co.uk
https://www.iqglassuk.com

Thanks!

We started pulling this all off yesterday.

Immediately found something we didn't expect - there's an RSJ at the front of it that runs the full width supported by the party walls. The rafters for the glass roof hang off that, then behind it are small rafters for the veranda that are additionally supported by blocking attached to the brickwork of the house.

Immediately found something we didn't expect

It's what I'd expect for an extension roof that shape (flat to pitched usually has a big beam where it changes angle) - how old is it? At this point if it was me I would probably want a structural engineer to have a look at it and whatever I was planning to do.

Likely about 15 years, but done on the cheap. I expected some horrible bodge where the rafters for the now gone original balcony would have been tied in to the pitched roof. Or a big old piece of wood rather than steel.

I'd like to have a structural guy look at it. Our plans for it are the same as was it was originally made to do, so I'm not sure what a structural guy could tell us, other than bad news, obvs.

I'm currently planning our new kitchen layout - talk to me about boiler and washing machine positions. This is a total refit of the space and we'll be getting a new boiler, relocation is not a problem (we don't have space for a heat pump). In an ideal scenario I'd place the boiler and washing machine in a tall unit on an internal wall approx 3m from the external wall. While I think, correct me if I'm wrong, a washing machine should be able to pump over this distance, especially if on a plinth. Is it possible to install a boiler here? If it's doable the flue could exit through the ceiling void as the joists run in the right direction. What about the condensate?
@konastab01, what are my options?

Get ya washing machine out of the kitchen!

Yeah no room for that either unfortunately!

slowly coming together ...... windows now in at long last. currently 2 weeks behind schedule.

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am pleased with the top of stairs window i had put in too . It is centred to the stairs, i took the photo at a funny angle

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Window fitters accidentally put clear glass in the bathroom too

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Yeah you could pump away the condensate with that, 3m is fuck all.

Post a picture of the space your thinking as that’s easier to see. Baxis are designed to fit in a 600 unit, they are pretty small now.

How long would the flue be? Inspection hatches are recommended every 1.5m if it's in a void.

Hah yeah. This is why the bastard things now always end up in the kitchen against the outside wall in the dumbest but probably easiest place to install for flue routing.

Would anyone here both getting an architect for a loft conversion or just use a loft conversion company?

Am buying a 1920s semi and would like to do the loft - trying to work out likely costs / process. Would obviously like it to look great but imagine that the architect route would end up more expensive - which leads to the great ‘is it worth it’ question! Am keen for it to look nicer than many of the ‘dormer box plunked on top’ ones you see, but at what cost…

I think I might have found a better location - in a large coat cupboard under the stairs.
It'd still be on the same internal wall but there is already a boxed in section across the ceiling of the hall and through the toilet opposite. The run would be approx 3m, although I believe it's now possible to use carbon monoxide detectors instead of inspection hatches in the void.

In a worst case scenario I think I could house it in a wall unit on the external wall of the kitchen, so long as I can run the water and gas horizontally from underneath into the corner of the room. I don't want to have to box in the pipes between the underside of the unit and the worktop.

IMO all depends on taste and expectations.
A very good loft can cost around 90 inc fees, a bad one 45.
If there is something specific you want that is beyond the norm then an architect may be able to work that out for you. In my case I will not have the usual black tile cladding, plus I want to squeeze the most inches out and possibly have some sort of terrace/modular set up so will go the architect route, @Sheppz just needs to sign the paper work.
The way materials meet and line up really stresses me too so couldnt face spending X on a loft and have something not quite right when 1/8 of X would have got round that.

Architects also know where to get the right things (materials), and everyone has a level of shit they can put up with trades until they accept whatever is offered/suggested.

Is this the right place to ask about flooring?

We're looking to redo the whole ground floor. Two questions:

1. What material? Other than polished concrete (due to the hardness) I'm agnostic. It just needs to be able to handle kids.
   
2. What to do in terms of fitting it where there is an existing kitchen? We don't love it and may change it, but equally might not. If we do genuinely don't know if the layout would change.
   
3. How does it work practically when someone fits it? Do you need temporary storage for your furniture? AOCs?
   
   
   
   

Oh also where's a good place to get a kitchen designed?

I feel like ours is alright, but poorly fitted. But every design or layout decision I criticise, I can see the rationale and can't provide an alternative solution.

1. marmoleum imo
   
2. pile crap in other rooms
   
3. ikea online kitchen planner / ikea in-store kitchen planning service
   

pile crap in other rooms

Then move back once that section is fitted? Thinking mainly about sofas.

Cheers.

marmoleum

Definitely my thing. I wonder what my OH will think. Especially as this was the site I was going to send https://www.theflooringgroup.co.uk/marmoleum/

... which has display images like this:

How does it do with things like gravel and stuff stuck in shoes and toys being dragged across it?

Now I've said no to polished concrete, I'm a bit sad about it as I really like it. But I just know how fucking hard it is to walk on/drop things/children falling etc.