Open Plan Extension

Timberline's project brief: To entend the existing kitchen extension across the full width of the house.

This job presented significant structural challenges on many levels. It involved removing the entire back wall of the house and the dividing walls inside so as to leave open plan the whole back of this large four bed detached house. The included leaving the minimum in terms of load bearing pillars for structural steel to rest on and also concealing all steel work within the floor cavities.

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Before! These two walls with the sliding doors were to be removed as well as a dividing wall within the back of the house, separating the kitchen from the dining room to which the first floor joists were resting.	After! - the rear of house on completion.
Before!, inside load bearing walls that had to be removed.	After! - same camera angle, after work was completed.
Work In Progress. A very large one piece steel beam is inserted by crane through a hole in the gable and across to sit on the far wall of house with temporary propping put in to support back wall of house, existing RSJ and first floor joints. Scaffolding is erected with rolls bars to aid steel through to the other side of house.	After! - picture from same view on completion of work with Yvonne, the home owners, to which all the credit lies for her hard work, great vision, determination and taste.
Before! These two walls were to be removed.	After! Picture taken from the same view after walls were removed.
Before! Picture taken before load bearing dividing walls were removed which were carrying the first floor joists.	After! Picture taken from the same angle after walls were removed and work was completed.
Before! View looking back to garden before work commenced.	After! Same camera angle, after work was completed.
New kitchen fitted with granite worktops.	View from back door towards living area.
Gas fire set in flush with chimney breast.