House Extensions in Rowlands Gill

Yes. Where an extension crosses or sits near a public sewer we deal with the build over agreement, and existing drainage is diverted or rebuilt as the approved drawings require.

We do. Chopwell, Whickham, Blaydon are all within our normal working area for house extensions, as is most of Tyne and Wear, County Durham and south east Northumberland.

It depends on size, ground conditions, roof type, the amount of structural steel and the finish level. We quote in writing after visiting the property so the figure is based on the actual job rather than a rate per square metre.

We match as closely as the available brick allows and take samples before ordering. On older property an exact match is often impossible, so the usual approach is to choose the closest available brick and use a mortar mix and joint profile that lets the two read together.

It is Gateshead Council. People sometimes send paperwork to a neighbouring authority because of the postal address or the historic county, and that costs time rather than money. For house extensions you will need permitted development limits and a full building regulations approval.

A structural engineer produces the calculations for beams and lintels. If you do not already have one we can point you toward engineers we work with regularly, and we build to whatever the approved calculations specify.

It depends on the address. The valley includes protected landscape and a number of mature trees are covered by preservation orders, so Gateshead Council will want to know what is happening near a protected tree before groundworks start. We check the designation before any design work goes far enough to be expensive to change.

Yes, and it is worth knowing early. The Derwent valley sides are steep and wooded, so sloping ground, tree roots and drainage runs shape a groundworks package here more often than mining risk does, though the coalfield mapping still reaches this far west. Where that applies we say so before you commit, not once the trench is open.

Everything from older stone and brick properties along the valley road through to later estates spreading up the valley sides. Which of those you have changes the method more than the postcode does, which is why we look before we quote.

In most cases yes. There is normally a short disruptive period when the opening between old and new is formed, and we agree that week with you in advance so you can plan around it.