Kitchen knock-throughs in Hemel Hempstead — walls opened, steels installed, Building Control handled. Structural calculations, proper making good, fixed quotes.
Knocking the kitchen into the dining room is the single change that transforms the new-town houses around Hemel, because they were built with small separate rooms. It is also structural work, so it needs calculations, a steel and Building Control — not a lad with a lump hammer.
An engineer sizes the steel before anything is touched. It is not expensive and it is not optional.
Signed off properly, so it does not become a problem when you sell.
Beam installed, padstones bedded, opening finished so it looks like it was always that way.
Sheeting and screens up before the wall comes down. It is a filthy job and it should not become your problem.
Send a photo or a quick video of the room on WhatsApp, or get a free fixed quote — no obligation, and we’ll tell you straight what it needs.
Yes, on any wall carrying load, and on most of the Hemel new-town houses the kitchen-to-dining wall does. It is a straightforward process, we handle it, and skipping it causes real trouble at sale.
Most can, with the right steel. What changes is the cost — a load-bearing wall with services in it and a floor above needs a bigger beam and more making good. We find out which yours is before quoting.
The wall itself is a day or two. Making good, plastering and drying takes the week after. We sheet and screen it so the rest of the house stays usable.