Structural alterations
Want to open up your kitchen and dining room, remove a chimney breast or widen a doorway? We carry out structural alterations safely across Essex, with the engineer's calculations and building control sign-off arranged for you.
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Domestic & commercial work
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What we do
Planning the space
Taking out a wall changes how a home works as well as how it looks. Open-plan rooms can be harder to heat, so it is worth checking that your radiators will cope with the larger space. Cooking smells and noise travel further, which affects where you put the kitchen and extractor.
In homes with three or more storeys, the hallway and stairs often form the protected escape route in a fire. Removing walls around them can mean building control asks for fire doors, a sprinkler system or other measures. We'll raise this early so it doesn't come as a surprise.
Approval
Once the work is approved, you receive a completion certificate. Keep it with your house documents, because your buyer's solicitor will ask for it if you ever sell.
Pricing
The main factors are the width of the opening, what the wall is carrying, and the size of beam the engineer specifies. Longer spans and heavier loads need bigger steels and sometimes extra supports.
Other costs include the engineer's fees, building control fees, moving radiators, sockets or pipes in the wall, and the making good afterwards: plastering, flooring and decorating. We set all of this out clearly in your quote.
Regulations
Removing a load-bearing wall or chimney breast always needs building regulations approval, even when no planning permission is needed. If a beam bears into a wall you share with a neighbour, or you remove a chimney breast on a party wall, the Party Wall Act applies and your neighbour must be given notice. We will tell you on our visit what applies to your home.
Areas we cover
We carry out knock-throughs and structural alterations across south and mid Essex, including Southend, Leigh-on-Sea, Benfleet, Rayleigh, Basildon and Brentwood.
Get in touch
Tell us which wall you want to remove or which space you want to open up, and we'll arrange a free visit.
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Serving Customers Throughout Essex
M R Construction & Carpentry is a small, family-run business based in Essex, working from Southend to Brentwood. We pride ourselves on professionalism and providing high quality building services.
M R CONSTRUCTION & CARPENTRY LTD
Company no. 13804305
Based in Southend-on-Sea
