Extension Options

Many home extensions these days are conservatories or other buildings with a lot of glazing, but brick built (or stone) is still popular, for a...

One of the most popular home improvements of recent times is the conservatory, largely forgotten until cheaper production methods and building...

Home offices or studies are more in need than ever as the computer begins to overtake out lives at home as well as at the workplace, and building an...

Building an extension to provide a swimming pool is probably one for more well off house holders. But if you really need a pool, perhaps for a...

Putting a home gym in an extension is a good way of using extra space. The whole family can use it as and when they want to without having to pay...

Garages are often popular targets for extension builders, either adding them if they don’t have one or perhaps converting them for a different use,...

In our article "Connecting an Extension to the House" we touched briefly on ways of linking an extension to other, separate buildings. In this...

Most people immediately think of a box on the back of the house when you mention a house extension; a single storey, usually giving more space in...

Once the walls have reached the relevant height it's time to top off with the roof and begin to get the build watertight, so that work can go on...

Technological advances in glass making now allow large and strong glass extensions to be built, as anyone who watches property and design...

Unless you are considering a tiled roof or a flat roof there will only be two choices for a conservatory roof, it's between glass and plastic. Both...

Roofs form a large proportion of the cost of an extension, particularly if it is a pitched roof, which is why a lot of people go for the cheaper...

The choice of flooring for an extension is just as wide as that for any other part of the house. If you're extension is literally an extension,...