Hi Guys

Looking for a bit of advice really, we have just moved to a 1970's house which has a conservitory on the back of the house which is accessed via our kitchen. At present the kitchen door and window seperate the two. I have a grand plan to knock the two through to create and open plan kitchen/ conservatory.

I'm guessing my first question would be, do I need planning???

Secondly, I'm guessing I may need to to replace the window/door combo with an RSJ to support the wall above. However saying that it seems there is somekind of support already there. Would there be an existing RSJ above the door and window???

Your comments would be really appreciated

On 28/06/2012 10:58, deanogtv wrote:
Hi Guys

Looking for a bit of advice really, we have just moved to a 1970's house
which has a conservitory on the back of the house which is accessed via
our kitchen. At present the kitchen door and window seperate the two. I
have a grand plan to knock the two through to create and open plan
kitchen/ conservatory.

I'm guessing my first question would be, do I need planning???

Secondly, I'm guessing I may need to to replace the window/door combo
with an RSJ to support the wall above. However saying that it seems
there is somekind of support already there. Would there be an existing
RSJ above the door and window???

Your comments would be really appreciated




You may not need Planning Permission - but you'll certainly need
Building Regs approval. You'll need to satisfy the BCO that the
structure above the door and window is adequately supported after you
have removed them.

But you have a bigger problem! If it's a conventional conservatory, it
won't be very thermally efficient but - in most cases - it will be
exempt from the thermal efficiently regs *provided* it is separated from
the house by an external-type door. As soon as you remove the door, you
remove the exemption!
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Roger
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"deanogtv" wrote in message
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Hi Guys

Looking for a bit of advice really, we have just moved to a 1970's house
which has a conservitory on the back of the house which is accessed via
our kitchen. At present the kitchen door and window seperate the two. I
have a grand plan to knock the two through to create and open plan
kitchen/ conservatory.

I'm guessing my first question would be, do I need planning???

Secondly, I'm guessing I may need to to replace the window/door combo
with an RSJ to support the wall above. However saying that it seems
there is somekind of support already there. Would there be an existing
RSJ above the door and window???

Your comments would be really appreciated




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deanogtv

Hi Dean.

That is exactly what I did, but I only had a window which has a lintel above
and I knocked the wall down below the window..
I did suspect I would need Planning, but I didn't seek any. But what can
anyone do about it??

Baz

deanogtv wrote:
Hi Guys

Looking for a bit of advice really, we have just moved to a 1970's
house which has a conservitory on the back of the house which is
accessed via our kitchen. At present the kitchen door and window
seperate the two. I have a grand plan to knock the two through to
create and open plan kitchen/ conservatory.

I'm guessing my first question would be, do I need planning???

Secondly, I'm guessing I may need to to replace the window/door combo
with an RSJ to support the wall above. However saying that it seems
there is somekind of support already there. Would there be an existing
RSJ above the door and window???

Your comments would be really appreciated

Should be a lintel over the existing window/door combo.

I'd live with the house and conservatory seperated for a year first before
you knock them through, as conservatories fall into 2 categories, too hot
and too cold....in summer this thing will have your house like a greenhouse,
and in winter it will allow freezing air into the house

On Jun 28, 10:58*am, deanogtv wrote:
Hi Guys

Looking for a bit of advice really, we have just moved to a 1970's house
which has a conservitory on the back of the house which is accessed via
our kitchen. At present the kitchen door and window seperate the two. I
have a grand plan to knock the two through to create and open plan
kitchen/ conservatory.

I'm guessing my first question would be, do I need planning???

Secondly, I'm guessing I may need to to replace the window/door combo
with an RSJ to support the wall above. However saying that it seems
there is somekind of support already there. Would there be an existing
RSJ above the door and window???

Your comments would be really appreciated

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deanogtv


Bad idea. You are creating a massive heat loss in Winter and a
massive solar heat gain in Summer.

On Thu, 28 Jun 2012 09:58:41 +0000, deanogtv
wrote:

Looking for a bit of advice really, we have just moved to a 1970's house
which has a conservitory on the back of the house which is accessed via
our kitchen. At present the kitchen door and window seperate the two. I
have a grand plan to knock the two through to create and open plan
kitchen/ conservatory.

As Phil says; remove the window and door (or at least leave them wide
open) for a year to see how it goes.
I'll bet you don't like it.

deanogtv wrote:
I have a grand plan to knock the two through to create and open plan
kitchen/ conservatory.

Are you sure you'll till have sufficient length of walls for sinks,
washing-machines, cupboards etc?

On Thu, 28 Jun 2012 15:54:26 +0100, Baz wrote:


"deanogtv" wrote in message
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Hi Guys

Looking for a bit of advice really, we have just moved to a 1970's house
which has a conservitory on the back of the house which is accessed via
our kitchen. At present the kitchen door and window seperate the two. I
have a grand plan to knock the two through to create and open plan
kitchen/ conservatory.

I'm guessing my first question would be, do I need planning???

Secondly, I'm guessing I may need to to replace the window/door combo
with an RSJ to support the wall above. However saying that it seems
there is somekind of support already there. Would there be an existing
RSJ above the door and window???

Your comments would be really appreciated




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deanogtv

Hi Dean.

That is exactly what I did, but I only had a window which has a lintel
above
and I knocked the wall down below the window..
I did suspect I would need Planning, but I didn't seek any. But what can
anyone do about it??

Baz


Keep very quiet and fill the hole before you try and sell the house.
Because of lack of thermal insulation in a conservatory it cannot form an
outside wall and be within building regs.