Projects · Extension · Rhiwbina, Cardiff
Rear extension, Rhiwbina
A failing conservatory replaced by a 6.2 metre single-storey extension with a roof lantern and four-panel sliding doors, built in eleven weeks under permitted development.
The job
The conservatory was too hot in July, too cold in January and leaking at the box gutter. The owners wanted a kitchen-diner that worked all year and a view of the garden that did not involve condensation.
We removed the conservatory and the old patio, dug trench-fill foundations, and built the extension in brick to match the house with a warm flat roof and a 2.5 metre roof lantern. A steel goalpost frame carries the four-panel sliding door; the old kitchen wall came out in week nine, the last structural job, so the family cooked in their own kitchen until then.
The kitchen was supplied by the owners and fitted by us in the final fortnight, with underfloor heating under a large-format porcelain floor.
Week by week
- Week 0Survey, permitted development check, drawings and structural calculations. Fixed-price contract signed with an 11-week programme.
- Week 1Conservatory removed, patio broken out, trench-fill foundations poured and inspected.
- Weeks 2 – 4Blockwork and brickwork to wall-plate; steel goalpost frame installed for the sliding doors.
- Weeks 5 – 6Warm flat roof, roof lantern, sliding doors glazed. Watertight end of week 6.
- Weeks 7 – 8First-fix electrics and plumbing, underfloor heating, plastering.
- Week 9Old kitchen wall removed on a Monday; the house opened up by Friday.
- Weeks 10 – 11Kitchen fitted, porcelain floor, decorating, snagging walk-round and handover with certificates.
On site
Start with a site visit.
Gareth or Claire will come out, measure up and give you a straight answer on what is possible and roughly what it costs. No charge, no obligation, no hard sell.