Extension Options...
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Brick Built Extensions
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 number of good...
Building Conservatories
The explosion in popularity of the conservatory as a house extension since the 1990s has come about as a result of three factors. The first is that double-glazing...
Building Onto a Side Return for Extra Space
If you own a Victorian or Edwardian property it is more than likely that there is a side return running along the side of your kitchen or dining...
Creating a Self Contained Annex
Many a new home extension is built to create a self-contained annex for someone to live in. But care needs to be taken to make sure that the extension is clearly an...
Extending for a Home Office
With increasing numbers of people working from home, whether it's full time or just catching up in the evenings, the need for a separate space for the computer, desk...
Extending to Provide a Swimming Pool
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 disabled relative or a...
Fitting a Gym in an Extension
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 fees to a leisure...
Garages and Outbuilding Options When Extending
Garages are often popular targets for extension builders, either adding them if they don’t have one or perhaps converting them for a different...
Knocking Two Houses Into One
This extension option, knocking two houses into one, is one that’s very close to my heart, as I live in a house that was created that way. Not with any level of...
Linking Extensions With Other Buildings
In our article Connecting an Extension to the House we touched briefly on ways of linking an extension to other, separate buildings. In this...
Moving the Kitchen to the Front of the House
One of the most popular extension options is to take some of the garden space at the back of a house and create a new family space. It's usually...
Multi-Storey Extensions
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 the kitchen, or an...
Putting a New Kitchen in an Extension
Building an extension to make a larger kitchen is a popular option. Period houses in particular don’t have the space that modern living dictates...
Putting the Roof on Your Extension
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 inside the...
Roof Extensions
A roof extension is a big job as it will involve scaffolding and disruption throughout the house. But the advantage, adding a bedroom and perhaps another bathroom...
Structural Glazing for Extensions
Technological advances in glass making now allow large and strong glass extensions to be built, as anyone who watches property and design television programmes will...
Transparent Conservatory Roofs: Glass or Plastic?
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....
Two Storey Extensions
A two-storey extension used to be quite rare but in the last decade or so, when the extension has become a way of making money as much as improving quality of life,...
Types of Roof for Your Extension
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 option of a flat...
Using Wood Structurally in an Extension
One of the most dramatic developments in extension building over recent years has been the use of wood structurally. Taking inspiration from...
Which Flooring for My Extension?
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, giving you more space...
