Structural Engineering, Interior Design and Conservation
Bouncy floors can be a problem in older houses. Over the lifetime of a building, the services such as plumbing and electrics can be replaced a number of times. If the positioning of notches and holes is not controlled then you can end up with quite bouncy floors, as was the case with this one.
These notches (top and bottom of the joist) were at the mid span. This had significantly reduced the load capacity and led to all the furniture wobbling when you walked through the room.
Working with Jagged Edge Design we have been carrying out the structural design, with alterations to a bungalow, removing the roof and adding a new first floor. The new first floor structure is in timber frame to reduce the additional weight. The works were being carried out by Inspired Build.
We have designed extensive alterations to this property in Somerford Keynes, working with Corinium Architectural Services. Internally, the property was reorganised, opening the spaces by removing a number of internal walls. The garages were incorporated to form additional rooms and an extension was added to the rear.
The Institution of Structual Engineers has produced a guide for employing Structural Engineers. This can be downloaded by following this link Building Confidence.
Progress in Eastcombe, Stroud with the construction of large retaining walls. The walls are on a steeply sloping site with the lower level incorporated into an extension to a house and the upper level forming a terrace accessed from the new first floor. Constructed from Stepoc hollow blocks with reinforcement they can be installed quickly without the need for shuttering.
The architect is Design for Living and the contractor is InShape Stroud.
We have been working with Able Canopies to design the supporting structural elements for this shade sail canopy in Lancashire.
Taking apart a house by removing the roof of this house in Crudwell with Jagged Edge Design architects. The proposal is to extend the useable floor space at first floor level by reconfiguring the roof.
Works are progressing on a large extension with extensive structural alterations to this property in Tetbury. The architects are Jagged Edge Design. It is a new extension with the first floor supported on a steel beams. The stair well has been repositioned within the property to aid circulation to the existing and new rooms.
Architect: Jagged Edge Design
Contractor: Virtus Construction
This new garden room extension, with Helen Lucas Architects, in Edinburgh is nearing completion. The internals are almost complete and the external leaf of the stonework is almost complete.
The blockwork cavity wall extension nearing completion in Edinburgh.