Finally finalised Planning permission plans :)

[jules_s]

Insulated top hat

[BlueHave]

Welshbeef said:

These must be over 2mb hence not getting uploaded.

This is he last of the pics we want to replicate.

How on earth is anyone supposed to stretch their legs in that tiny box room

Plans look spot on, good luck with the build

[Welshbeef]

So it's looking - assuming the 8 week timetable is met that we should have a decision on the 27/12/16. I'm thinking with the festive season we will hear by the second week of Jan if it needs tweaking or if it's passed as is.


I'm now in the process of building up a more accurate budget (excluding the shell). Basically right now I'm simply making a list of things - and it's getting far longer than I'd assumed .

[Welshbeef]

First quote in for the building works just shy of £160k (as in all fine basic kitchen bathroom ms etc).

It works out to be c£1.6k per m2.

[Busa mav]

Including vat and the bifolds ?

[Welshbeef]

Busa mav said:

Including vat and the bifolds ?

Yes.

Bifolds total £9k -£1k/pane

[mikeiow]

Looks grand!
Must admit we absolutely love our lantern roof......& from my perspective, I can clamber up, wander around and wash our upstairs windows (& solar panels above!) - I wouldn't discount it too fast.
Ours is 7m x 2m in a 10x4 sunroom, and general comments are that it looks superb! https://flic.kr/p/HscG5u
Also recommend wet underfloor heating, far more efficient than electric and frees up a lot of space!
Aside from that, sounds like a great project: have fun!

Edited by mikeiow on Sunday 27th November 09:36

[MagicalTrevor]

Welshbeef said:

I know log burner is at the end of the work - but as we are in a period of pause and wait for permissions.

So we've stayed in a few cottages with Log burners and from what I've seen a sandyford brand seems pretty good. Below is a pic of one we used recently - didn't measure it but it looks similar to the width of a std kitchen unit. We like one opening big glass to enjoy the flames , not hanging from the wall.



Thoughts? We want a wow burner but solid one opening not crazy on £

We fitted a log burner and because the opening was quite wide, we wanted something that had the correct proportions. The room wasn't massive so we couldn't have a large stove either. The calculations suggested a 4-5kw stove.
We ended up buying a Dean Forge Henbury Slimline 5 as it's got the frontal area of a larger 6kw stove but slimmer. I'd highly recommend their stoves.
http://www.deanforge.co.uk/products/dean-stoves-11...

[Welshbeef]

MagicalTrevor said:

We fitted a log burner and because the opening was quite wide, we wanted something that had the correct proportions. The room wasn't massive so we couldn't have a large stove either. The calculations suggested a 4-5kw stove.
We ended up buying a Dean Forge Henbury Slimline 5 as it's got the frontal area of a larger 6kw stove but slimmer. I'd highly recommend their stoves.
http://www.deanforge.co.uk/products/dean-stoves-11...

That looks really nice.

[MagicalTrevor]

Welshbeef said:

That looks really nice.

Seems well built, they're made near Exeter. There are some stoves that heat up quickly and don't retain the heat and then some that take longer to heat up but retain that heat longer, this is the latter.
A squarer stove would be lost in the fireplace we have

[TA14]

5m is quite short for a garage. For such a grand scheme another 3/4 m would make all the difference and allow long cars or the ability to walk round a car. At 6.5m long you could have units at the rear of the garage.

Above the bi-folds at the rear, if you clad the gable then you can have a triangular truss - lighter, stiffer and easier to detail than the common UB.

[Welshbeef]

Well some 3 weeks beyond he due date decision we have received Granted Full Planning Permission.

Really pleased / had expected first floor to be pushed back another meter but no changes needed at all.
Structural drawings and building regs will be commenced now.

Get in.

Hurdle one over.

[Welshbeef]

Moving on from the last update we are now looking at building works(demolition) commencing on the 27/2 - expected to be a 5 month job.

Decided to go for UFH in the extended area plus electric UFH in en suite and bathroom

Looking at kitchens currently and still struggling to decide where to put the job and sink and fridge freezer. Design will be two runs of 4 base units & wall on either suede of the room plus a 4 wide 2 deep island in the middle, with ovens and larder behind the island.
I think the wife wants the hob on one of the side runs which backs onto the living room with the sink on the external wall and dishwasher beside it. I had the idea of both being on the island but am hearing points against the idea raising questions ie splashback and if sink on the island with dishwasher then you might have at time pots and pans on it while the washer is full instead on the side more out of the way.
Need to decide very soon as some kitchens are a 10-12 week lead time.

[kiethton]

Sink and dishwasher definitely on an external wall, not just the keeping it out of sight but will also mean far easier plumbing/drainage (i know you can sink it all into the floor but its's far easier being accessible should the worst happen)

I would have thought if your having a run down each side and something at the back, the back wall would be the perfect place for the cooker (rangemaster?)

[Welshbeef]

kiethton said:

Sink and dishwasher definitely on an external wall, not just the keeping it out of sight but will also mean far easier plumbing/drainage (i know you can sink it all into the floor but its's far easier being accessible should the worst happen)

I would have thought if your having a run down each side and something at the back, the back wall would be the perfect place for the cooker (rangemaster?)

We're after eye level cookers and a separate hob - though not finalised. /open for ideas. Good point re drains/plumbing of it.

Will be having the design drawn up on Sat so all being well should be able to post some pics here and would appreciate critique - though SWMBO is the boss

[rallyeS2]

Build plans look great, we are just at the architect stages of a similar size rear extension and we're planning to extend 1st floor and loft too. Have reined in the plans to just the ground floor due to spiralling costs with relatively small gains for the other floors.

Out of curiosity, what sort of setup are you going for with the flue of the log burner if it will exit on essentially a flat roof near the lantern or a pitched roof? All options I have seen so far seem to involve a massive spaceship like flue...