I enjoyed that a lot. Takes me back to the mid 80s when extensions and conservatorys were all the rage, just day after day of non stop grafting. Nice one.
Thanks @Craig Andrews. Looking round our way, extensions are definitely the rage at the moment. A bit cheaper than moving, and I think that's big influence.
Great vid. Makes me realise just how much work (and cost) relatively modest extensions can be. Looks like the trades did great job. Hope you are happy with it all, congrats! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Jon, great job and a really useful addition to your home! I like the way you handle the less positive comments-lol. I built a 3m x 6m similar extension for a friend in 2021 came in at £50k, she thought it was expensive ( that included all decoration and kitchen). Getting the plans drawn for mine on Monday, 3.5m x 7m , this will extend the current extension so will end up with a 7m x7m kitchen/living area. It’s scary how much material costs have risen in the last 18 months. All the best Shane.
Thanks @Shane Foster. I'm trying not to rise to them too much 😆. I'm not sure where you're based in the UK, but we are in the home counties which we think adds to our costs. Our space has added 3 x 9m to our home, and made a huge difference to us. We are confident the cost will be recouped in the value of the house, but not necessarily increase it by more than cost. However, we feel it was worth it. We checked with a few neighbours who had work done, with different builders, and our costs were on a par with theirs. So, despite the expense, we felt it was competitive. Don't forget to time lapse yours when you do it!
I built one on my rental myself, 3mx8m, 11k it cost me. No kitchen though. You can get a 700mm micro digger through doors and track barrow, 220/day. Saves on labour and one's back.
@@RobertRedford77 Good point about the micro-digger. Before this, in the early 2010s, we had some landscaping performed in the back garden and they used one to move soil about. Our builder had had different experiences with using them around the South East of the UK and didn't want the weight of one caving in the foundations hole, as had happened previously. These lads were used to it, and on some days made it look easy. I had a go for an hour and was knackered 🤣
I do not normally if at ALL watch videos like this but very good indeed How you did this in 1 day is mind-boggling! Must have you round ours need quite a bit done.... ✌🤜🏽
Credit indeed @ShanD D. Well, you say sandy, but around here it is very chalky. A lot of the white spoil is this chalk and, having had a go at it myself, it was bloody hard work. I'm not built to be a builder. 🤣
@@jonnylarge At least it wasn't clay, that's all there is round my way! Nightmare, sticks to the spades and everything. Makes it 10 times more back breaking than it needs to be.
Thanks @Zsolt Ocsko. It's a good point...but the engineering required to strengthen the roof and space required for access would have raised the budget too far.
Good job and very similar to what we are having done to our home. We went for a sloped roof though as it looks better and it's less likely to cause problems, but on the flip side you have a bit more space on top of the bifolds. The other thing we have decided to do differently is installing the kitchen after the floor goes in so the units sit on top of it. Oh, and we also took up the floor in the old kitchen/diner to retro fit underfloor heating there as well (the extension area pipes were, like yours, buried under the sand and cement screed, while the old area has overlay boards). Well done though, you can never go wrong when you invest money to extend your own home.
Thanks for the reply @Buddy Pagano. You raise some good points. For us, both were about excessive disruption and the value added with the extra cost. To extend the heating into the old kitchen would have cost a lot in time, labour and mess taking up the old floor (as our builder wanted to insulate it properly) so we took the risk that we might get away with having the appliances that throw out heat giving us the warmth that we need. It has seemed to have worked but, if you don't have slippers or shoes on, you can definitely feel the change from the new floor to the old as you walk on it. As an aside, we control this underfloor heating with a Nest (3rd Gen) thermostat and it's learnt both our routine, and the speed at which the space warms up very well. A very clever piece of kit that works very effectively. In terms of the roof, a pitched roof would be best, but we couldn't take it across the entire width of the house. The garage roof on the right hand side would have required re-roofing to facilitate it. Again, that cost was prohibitive.There was a point in time where we thought about an extension that only covered two thirds of the width of the back - maybe leaving a small patio area outside our garage door. We decided that that space would never see the sun and be a bit wasted. As our garage is converted into a living family space, we wanted to access it easily at the back. What the video does not show much of is that we put a partition wall inside the already-converted garage, across the middle of the space. The half of that space nearest the new extension is now a utility room, housing the gas boiler, washing machine, tumble dryer and second fridge/freezer (which can a life saver!). As soon as we discussed the idea of a utility space, and had seen the flat roof, parapet and GRP solution then that seemed to be our ideal setup. Good luck with your build!
Very much so Eureka Comment. There's a balance between heat generate (through the greenhouse feel) and the light entering. Today's windows, glass and doors and becoming more and more efficient though.
Nice video mate 👍 Given me quite a lot of ideas for my upcoming kitchen extension, especially using the same tiles in the kitchen/diner and outdoor patio!
Thanks @Nazmul Hussain. Have a look at my reply to nbronco04 below. I've just written about the indoor/outdoor floor finish and some of the decisions that we had to make. In that reply I talk about the width of the bi-fold door track and the role of the steel above the doors. There's also some regulations about drainage away from the extension and what needs to be where. There's some expensive choices that you may have to consider.
Awesome! I would have made a Tarrace on top of the extension with entrance from one of the rooms on first floor, although planning permission applies here I believe. It is my dream to build one like this.
Not sure on the planning permission @WheelyDoctor, but the remodelling of the internal first floor to allow for this, and the extra engineering for the roof was not within budget.
Thanks @msg4asif. I've written in some replies about the indoor/outdoor finish and some of the decisions that we had to make - as we thought that the same flooring in and out would help this concept. We would have loved a narrower track in the floor for the doors to move down to make the finish really clean. This meant hanging the doors from the top, rather than seating them in the floor, in the wider track. It was explained that the door steel/lintel used to hang the bi-fold doors from would have added a lot more cost as it would need to be bigger and stronger. There are also some regulations about drainage away from the extension and what drains needs to be where and at what height.This meant for us that the outside floor is a couple of inches lower than the inside. The same flooring inside and out helps bring the outside in a little, but that extra effort with a narrow track and same height flooring would add to it, but would cost a lot more. In terms of the flooring, we felt porcelain tiles was the way to go. The ones we choose are weatherproof, and appropriate for indoors too (which rules out vinyl, laminate and natural wood). There was some choice at the supplier we used, which was CTD Tiles, who are nationwide (and I do not work for them by the way 🤣) These are some expensive choices that you may have to consider with this whole outdoor-in vision. Let me know what you think, and good luck with your project!
They were @Richard Courtman. They kept us up to speed with what was happening...even let me have a go at some stuff. I helped build the retaining garden wall, and did some plastering. One of those went better than the other.🤣
Similar job to mine (which was wider with 2 lanterns). I opted for the steel supporting the opening from the house to be in the ceiling void so the ceiling runs seamlessly into the extension adding to the feel of one room.
Thanks for the reply @Jamie Bourne. Funnily enough, we considered several options for this particular steel. I'll just talk about the first option we considered. The part of the old house in between the back garage door and the old kitchen window is a key structure to the old house. We did want a steel across the new opening that continued across the back of the garage. The trouble with this is that we would need a steel across what is now the new location for the hob. Where these two steels meet would need support. As we have the loft converted though, and the weight that generates, this area would have needed a lot of costly strengthening work. Also the steel across that width of the house would have need to be of such a strength, and therefore, height that it's top edge would've been above the back guttering of the garage. This would have needed garage roof work, adding further cost. I mention this it is what has led to the positioning of the current steel. We would have liked the seamless opening but the compromise we have ended up with hasn't worked out too bad.
@Jon Large In that case I would've gone for your option! My particular steel was a goal post that returned under the floor-a complete rectangular frame, builder swore a little!
That's what we thought @nissan 300zxtt. We had a week of very cold weather in mid-December, with plenty of snow and ice but, do you know, it wasn't too bad. It seemed to thaw and dry which prevented the ice reforming.
Thanks @lucianbrighi. It is a way forward, but you should have an idea of all the finishes that you need - wall covering, floor covering, roofing type - as this is where the differences in quotation can be found. We appointed the builder first, based on the quotation, who then had an architect that they worked with. Their relationship allowed them to work much more effectively than two independent people.
Enjoyed watching this. I've just completed a similar but much smaller kitchen extension. Good luck with flies on the skylight after the bifolds have been open 🙃
Good job boys, you dragged that job out a bit though didn’t you?😂😂😂 Seriously great job and great video, really nice to see grafters. Keep up the good work.👍🏻
🤣 One thing I would add though @Jamie Skinner is that I am the home owner not the builder. In all seriousness, my advice to fellow non-builders looking at this type of work is to remember your builder has a business to sustain and will not be committing 100% of their resources to your project for the months that they start and finish.They will be spreading risk across multiple projects. Our builder was managing multiple projects at different stages and we were aware of this, and I was already aware of how it comes together as a project manager at my own work. Resources and projects juggling is an art, and materials and labour aren't always where they need to be at the time they are needed. Despite meticulous planning, things happen (take the weather for example). If you are reading this: not all builders are bad, so cut them a little slack now and again and, unlike some people who have left comments to this video, #BeKind.
A fair point @Daniel Finley. We are happy with this look, and the risks that come with it - so we are not shocked. Felt roofing just didn't appeal to the aesthetic we wanted. We see it similar to the rendered outside walls - they will need all need some regular maintenance.
@@jonnylargeI wouldn’t worry too much, do you know what GRP system was used? Most modern blends allow for movement and heat etc. Lovely build btw, just came across the video - I’m having a double story side extension and a rear extension that will measure 2.5m by 8m so not too far short of what you had done.
I'm not sure what they used@@danieledwards4378 - a layer of stinky glass fibre, then a couple of coats of stinky paint? I'm sure there's some technical descriptions that I could use 🤣
Thanks @rumbata10. You're not the first to say that! Looking at the data, those three dirty one lose us about 4% energy generation compared to the cleaner row of five.
I think they want to balance the size of the building and the size of the garden. There isn't the space to do both when the houses on the estate are first built. We decided to eat into some of our garden space as we spend more time in the house.
An interesting remark @bojack3827. Fortunately (or not, depending on your persuasion), I have some data. If we look at the panels on the flat roof, there is a row of 5 and a row of 3. Looking at the data for total generation in the 12 months for 2022, here's what was generated: Row of 5 - 274KWh average per panel Row of 3 (dirtier panels) - 263KWh average per panel So the dirty panels are down by about 4%...rather than 40%. 2021 was quite a dry summer here so, when it does rain, it cleans them up a little. The dirt is from pigeons who seems to use the roof as both a toilet and a carvery.
Thanks for the comment. Difficult to comment on the hours, but I will share the following. The builder was appointed in February 2021 and the construction started in June. 95% of the build was completed by mid-September. However, the days were getting cooler and more damp which makes outdoor tiling a little more risky to complete. So we had to wait until the following summer for the outdoor tiling to be completed.
I'm afraid that I don't @Robert Littlejohn. Boiler installation, which was a major operation for the utility space wasn't great material 🤣. However, I wished that I had filmed it. Our garage was converted back in 2007. I was only in to photos then, rather than video, and they can be found on Flickr (www.flickr.com/photos/71894657@N00/albums/72157600336629556). So we started with a habitable space in the garage and, for the extension, we split it in half - the front (south facing) half being turned into an office and the back half turned into the utility space. The builders built a stud wall across the middle - which houses some electrical sockets and water pipework. In terms of the water in and out of the boiler, the pipework from the original location of the boiler in the old kitchen was extended into the garage loft and down into the new boiler. Drainage and waste gases from the boiler just passes out through the extension wall. The utility space contains a washing machine and a tumble dryer. Drainage from the washing machine comes out of the new utility space through the kitchen wall and into the old drain beneath the sink. We kept the sink in the new kitchen in the same place so that water and drainage services did not need moving. The tumble dryer has a warm air exhaust and this is passed down a wide poly pipe to the extension wall to the side, through an air brick. We had a free-standing fridge/freezer and moved to an integrated fridge/freezer. This is has considerably less capacity than a free-standing so we kept our old fridge, and that also sits in the utility space. The utility space also has a worktop and a few hanging cabinets. I reckon, from memory, the room is about 2m by 3.5m in size.
Thanks @Abdul Salam. It is tricky to spot. Have a look at 1m 23s, toward the left hand corner of the extension, and you can see the yellow glass fibre going in. At 2m 06s the roof insulation, in the form of Celotex sheets (coloured silver), are being laid out. These sheets also go under the screed, in the floor, too.
Great video! Just curious to why they didn’t fit the sink on the opposite counter next to where the fridge was since the whole kitchen was worked on as well. That other counter could have been used for eating.
Hi @setdiablo8905 - thank you! Good question, and there are two reasons why we went this route. We spend most time at these counters washing up and we felt it would be a better view when doing it. Secondly, the mains water pipe to the house and drainage were at that location and to shift them would have taken a relative big effort. We felt these benefits outweighed a bigger place to eat. Cheers for the question though.
Great video. But curious to know what you did in the tiny gap between you and neighbour. Is that left unfinished or somehow can that be rendered too, or was that finished in red brick? I couldn’t tell. I never know how they deal with the small gaps between neighbouring properties
Thanks @Rico 1071. It's still a 1.5-2 inch gap. The side of the wall that is visible to our neighbour is rendered and painted. There's about 12 inches worth top to bottom. The rest is exposed block work - as exposed as it can be. We've had a lot of rain since it was finished and haven't had any water problems just yet.
Thanks @lutonroy. I was impressed with the effort they put in. It was in June and it didn't half get hot across those weeks - which is why the gazebo came out. From you name you might also be aware of how chalky it is round (and we're not too many miles from Luton). I think the grab lorry can hold 15 tonnes of soil and we definitely had a couple of lorry loads removed. I don't like to comment on the cost, especially as it what we paid on prices from February 2021 would be a fair bit off today's prices.
Thanks @Michael S. The capping on the extension parapet walls is aluminium supplied by a company called Guttercrest. I think that this is the link - www.guttercrest.co.uk/aluminium-coping/#toggle-id-1. As @Chris Lee says, the capping on the retaining wall in the garden is just stone that I sourced from eBay. We wanted to match the colour of parapet capping as close as possible and this is as near as we could get. Pure black coping stones stones seemed difficult to come by.
Hi @VJBang. The tiles are porcelain which means they can be laid both inside and out. They are made by a company called Vitra, and are known as Aspenwood Gris - www.vitra.co.uk/tiles/20x120-aspenwood-grey-tile-r10a-sku-K945693R0001VTE0/
Heel mooi werk. Onze woonkamer is vrij klein en we willen deze uitbreiden. Hoeveel denk je dat het zou kosten als je het zo zou willen hebben als het huis in de video?
How much did it cost in the 2021? How much money did you pay for the work that was done? Why post this and if you can’t answer a very simple question? I’m confused?
So much skill on show in the building of this. Are all these skills going to be passed on to the next generation? I worry that the cost of living combined with the relatively low wages starting off in building and the trades are going to leave not enough young people wanting to take on these sorts of jobs, to then transfer these across to future generations
Totally agree @damienheads7151. Interestingly, the owner of the building company has got his son now working for him. He, like many others is undertaking an apprenticeship in the skills required (carpentry I think for the young chap). So it's not a total lost caused just yet.
Great editing skills, the 5 hour footage of the tea breaks no where in sight 👍
😆Thanks king77703! Tea breaks don't make for the best footage 🤣
lol
Yeah real workers don't take breaks or spend time off with their family they just work forever without stopping.
@@fedyno4reviews Pretty much my approach to editing this video.
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I enjoyed that a lot. Takes me back to the mid 80s when extensions and conservatorys were all the rage, just day after day of non stop grafting. Nice one.
Thanks @Craig Andrews. Looking round our way, extensions are definitely the rage at the moment. A bit cheaper than moving, and I think that's big influence.
Great vid. Makes me realise just how much work (and cost) relatively modest extensions can be. Looks like the trades did great job. Hope you are happy with it all, congrats! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
We're delighted with it @BitandBob 1. Cheers for taking the time to comment!
Looks like a brilliant job👍 the footage captured is amazing, usually dont see too much of both inside and out but this was excellent.
Thanks Craig. A lot of credit to the contractors who let me do this.
Looks AWFUL
Good job guys. Always on the look out for good, honest & trustworthy builders.
...and the team we used were exactly that.
Imagine if you could finish an extension this quickly, you could work for a year, then retire.
Great job lads 👍
Cheers @Scott83271. Imagine indeed. Not for me though...too much physical labour this desk jockey. 😂
This is my dream to buy off a house and adjust it. working towards it , love the build house extension!
Jon, great job and a really useful addition to your home! I like the way you handle the less positive comments-lol. I built a 3m x 6m similar extension for a friend in 2021 came in at £50k, she thought it was expensive ( that included all decoration and kitchen). Getting the plans drawn for mine on Monday, 3.5m x 7m , this will extend the current extension so will end up with a 7m x7m kitchen/living area. It’s scary how much material costs have risen in the last 18 months. All the best Shane.
Thanks @Shane Foster. I'm trying not to rise to them too much 😆.
I'm not sure where you're based in the UK, but we are in the home counties which we think adds to our costs. Our space has added 3 x 9m to our home, and made a huge difference to us. We are confident the cost will be recouped in the value of the house, but not necessarily increase it by more than cost. However, we feel it was worth it.
We checked with a few neighbours who had work done, with different builders, and our costs were on a par with theirs. So, despite the expense, we felt it was competitive.
Don't forget to time lapse yours when you do it!
I built one on my rental myself, 3mx8m, 11k it cost me. No kitchen though. You can get a 700mm micro digger through doors and track barrow, 220/day. Saves on labour and one's back.
@@RobertRedford77 Good point about the micro-digger. Before this, in the early 2010s, we had some landscaping performed in the back garden and they used one to move soil about. Our builder had had different experiences with using them around the South East of the UK and didn't want the weight of one caving in the foundations hole, as had happened previously.
These lads were used to it, and on some days made it look easy. I had a go for an hour and was knackered 🤣
How much do you think your one will cost?
I do not normally if at ALL watch videos like this but very good indeed
How you did this in 1 day is mind-boggling!
Must have you round ours need quite a bit done....
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Good too see that your builders appeared to a proper job, even covering the cavities so they didn't get any water in them before the roof went on.
Thanks @simonridley.
Amazing what being filmed will do....
@@simontaylor2525 Not sure what you're suggesting there Simon?
Respect to them for digging the footings by hand! Looks like a nice sandy soil helped..
Credit indeed @ShanD D. Well, you say sandy, but around here it is very chalky. A lot of the white spoil is this chalk and, having had a go at it myself, it was bloody hard work. I'm not built to be a builder. 🤣
@@jonnylarge At least it wasn't clay, that's all there is round my way! Nightmare, sticks to the spades and everything. Makes it 10 times more back breaking than it needs to be.
@@shandd9640 I bet!
Very good looking extentsion, congratulitations! If it was me, i probably put up there a small balcony patio.
Thanks @Zsolt Ocsko. It's a good point...but the engineering required to strengthen the roof and space required for access would have raised the budget too far.
Beautiful workmanship
So true @joeythelips2341
Good job and very similar to what we are having done to our home. We went for a sloped roof though as it looks better and it's less likely to cause problems, but on the flip side you have a bit more space on top of the bifolds. The other thing we have decided to do differently is installing the kitchen after the floor goes in so the units sit on top of it. Oh, and we also took up the floor in the old kitchen/diner to retro fit underfloor heating there as well (the extension area pipes were, like yours, buried under the sand and cement screed, while the old area has overlay boards). Well done though, you can never go wrong when you invest money to extend your own home.
Thanks for the reply @Buddy Pagano. You raise some good points. For us, both were about excessive disruption and the value added with the extra cost.
To extend the heating into the old kitchen would have cost a lot in time, labour and mess taking up the old floor (as our builder wanted to insulate it properly) so we took the risk that we might get away with having the appliances that throw out heat giving us the warmth that we need. It has seemed to have worked but, if you don't have slippers or shoes on, you can definitely feel the change from the new floor to the old as you walk on it. As an aside, we control this underfloor heating with a Nest (3rd Gen) thermostat and it's learnt both our routine, and the speed at which the space warms up very well. A very clever piece of kit that works very effectively.
In terms of the roof, a pitched roof would be best, but we couldn't take it across the entire width of the house. The garage roof on the right hand side would have required re-roofing to facilitate it. Again, that cost was prohibitive.There was a point in time where we thought about an extension that only covered two thirds of the width of the back - maybe leaving a small patio area outside our garage door. We decided that that space would never see the sun and be a bit wasted. As our garage is converted into a living family space, we wanted to access it easily at the back. What the video does not show much of is that we put a partition wall inside the already-converted garage, across the middle of the space. The half of that space nearest the new extension is now a utility room, housing the gas boiler, washing machine, tumble dryer and second fridge/freezer (which can a life saver!).
As soon as we discussed the idea of a utility space, and had seen the flat roof, parapet and GRP solution then that seemed to be our ideal setup.
Good luck with your build!
Loved the sun roof and the glass doors. Need all the glass you can get in because of cloudy rainy UK weather…
Very much so Eureka Comment. There's a balance between heat generate (through the greenhouse feel) and the light entering. Today's windows, glass and doors and becoming more and more efficient though.
The UK does have a spring and summer you know. The sky is blue with no clouds as I type this message.
Well done for sticking with filming, not easy, great to watch.
Thanks @Paul Morris. Credit to the contractors for letting me do it.
This is the sort of thing I dream of, thanks for posting!
No problem @Jon D. Thanks for the comment.
Fantastic work mate, looks incredible. Top quality finish all round too
Thanks @schmurgen
What a transformation! Really enjoyed this, brilliant video mate
Thanks @Chunk London! Glad that you enjoyed it.
an extension in 8minutes.. Fantastic!
It's a Hollywood extension 😂
Proper job by proper builders.
Thanks...they were a great team.
Love it, very professional. No corners cut like you get with some cowboy builders!
Thanks Kamran.
its great workmanship when they tidy up after themselves
Thoroughly enjoyed this video. Very satisfying!
Loved watching this! Awesome work
Thanks @hayleymay5699
Fair play digging them by hand
Nice video mate 👍
Given me quite a lot of ideas for my upcoming kitchen extension, especially using the same tiles in the kitchen/diner and outdoor patio!
Thanks @Nazmul Hussain. Have a look at my reply to nbronco04 below. I've just written about the indoor/outdoor floor finish and some of the decisions that we had to make. In that reply I talk about the width of the bi-fold door track and the role of the steel above the doors. There's also some regulations about drainage away from the extension and what needs to be where. There's some expensive choices that you may have to consider.
Awesome! I would have made a Tarrace on top of the extension with entrance from one of the rooms on first floor, although planning permission applies here I believe. It is my dream to build one like this.
Not sure on the planning permission @WheelyDoctor, but the remodelling of the internal first floor to allow for this, and the extra engineering for the roof was not within budget.
This was amazing to watch, well done 👏🏽
Thanks @DivineFeminine_01
Great job do you like your new house extension
Thanks @thebrummierailenthusiasts5329
@@jonnylargeno worries Jonathan
Brilliant job with the lawn😂 saw how you just put topsoil over the existing lawn. End result is lush 😂
Thanks! Topsoil and new grass seed was a bit ropey - but it was a dry old summer.
Great video, given some great ideas really bringing the outside in.
Thanks @msg4asif.
I've written in some replies about the indoor/outdoor finish and some of the decisions that we had to make - as we thought that the same flooring in and out would help this concept. We would have loved a narrower track in the floor for the doors to move down to make the finish really clean. This meant hanging the doors from the top, rather than seating them in the floor, in the wider track. It was explained that the door steel/lintel used to hang the bi-fold doors from would have added a lot more cost as it would need to be bigger and stronger.
There are also some regulations about drainage away from the extension and what drains needs to be where and at what height.This meant for us that the outside floor is a couple of inches lower than the inside. The same flooring inside and out helps bring the outside in a little, but that extra effort with a narrow track and same height flooring would add to it, but would cost a lot more.
In terms of the flooring, we felt porcelain tiles was the way to go. The ones we choose are weatherproof, and appropriate for indoors too (which rules out vinyl, laminate and natural wood). There was some choice at the supplier we used, which was CTD Tiles, who are nationwide (and I do not work for them by the way 🤣)
These are some expensive choices that you may have to consider with this whole outdoor-in vision.
Let me know what you think, and good luck with your project!
Great video and excellent job.
Thanks for sharing 👍 👏 👏 👏
Thanks @youngedwards3265
Great memories of my kitchen extension such a nice feeling when it's done and all you think is I wish I had done it sooner
So true @Joseph Joyce...it would've been cheaper for a start!
Bloody amazing guys, this is exactly what I’m looking for.
Thanks @mo jo
I wonder how much that would cost?
Absolutely bang on
Great building
Thanks @layz_lewis399!
Well smart. Glad the house and garden flow, nice touch
Thanks @5pur5
Good job there lads
Thanks @nazar9794.
Awesome builders, excellent result. x
Thanks Annie.
Looks like you had pretty good builders
They were @Richard Courtman. They kept us up to speed with what was happening...even let me have a go at some stuff. I helped build the retaining garden wall, and did some plastering. One of those went better than the other.🤣
Cant wait to see it wen u do the garden aswell
Hi @bobbyboy4496...I've just added a time lapse to my TH-cam channel of some decking work we have done. Have a look and see what you think.
Similar job to mine (which was wider with 2 lanterns). I opted for the steel supporting the opening from the house to be in the ceiling void so the ceiling runs seamlessly into the extension adding to the feel of one room.
Thanks for the reply @Jamie Bourne. Funnily enough, we considered several options for this particular steel. I'll just talk about the first option we considered. The part of the old house in between the back garage door and the old kitchen window is a key structure to the old house. We did want a steel across the new opening that continued across the back of the garage. The trouble with this is that we would need a steel across what is now the new location for the hob. Where these two steels meet would need support.
As we have the loft converted though, and the weight that generates, this area would have needed a lot of costly strengthening work. Also the steel across that width of the house would have need to be of such a strength, and therefore, height that it's top edge would've been above the back guttering of the garage. This would have needed garage roof work, adding further cost.
I mention this it is what has led to the positioning of the current steel. We would have liked the seamless opening but the compromise we have ended up with hasn't worked out too bad.
@Jon Large In that case I would've gone for your option! My particular steel was a goal post that returned under the floor-a complete rectangular frame, builder swore a little!
@@jamiebourne8047 I bet they did! Good example of up cycling though.
This is really good. I wonder who these builders are?
Thanks @bernadetteraeburn1219. Here you go (from the video description) - "Construction and Project Management by Albury Building and Construction"
Great job lads
Thanks @Perry Rumble
Great work.looks really cool
Thanks Tony.
That flooring outside is going to be lethal in winter ....
That's what we thought @nissan 300zxtt. We had a week of very cold weather in mid-December, with plenty of snow and ice but, do you know, it wasn't too bad. It seemed to thaw and dry which prevented the ice reforming.
Amazing video. The render on the right side of the doors was absolutely shocking tho, the patch that come out and got put back in
Thanks @Smokes. It's not too bad in the final result, so we accepted it for what it was.
this is incredible
Thanks @carlospallete3030! Very kind of you to comment.
I really enjoyed watching that! Thanks for making it
Hi @David Ball. Thanks for taking the time to comment. It was definitely a labour of love!
Wow! I would love something like this, I’ve always wondered how much its costs to do an extension like this!
Brilliant video! … Thankyou I appreciate you!
Superb video !
Thanks @doshi100
Very good job. Should i have the drawings from an arhitect 1st and then to have 3 quotations from 3 different contractors?
Thanks @lucianbrighi. It is a way forward, but you should have an idea of all the finishes that you need - wall covering, floor covering, roofing type - as this is where the differences in quotation can be found. We appointed the builder first, based on the quotation, who then had an architect that they worked with. Their relationship allowed them to work much more effectively than two independent people.
wow, very impressive. and so realistic.... right even with the dirty dishes in the sink.
Cheers @Bob Finkenbiner. They're still there!
Really good work that
Thanks @Sott
Nice work
Thanks @Kmwky3011
Enjoyed watching this. I've just completed a similar but much smaller kitchen extension. Good luck with flies on the skylight after the bifolds have been open 🙃
Thanks @Ollie Card. We're already there with that! Small price to pay though don't you reckon?
@@jonnylarge Yeah, defo worth it overall. Although I have had a house full of flies on many occasions!
@olliec1319 grow lavender in your garden then crop it and dot it in vases around the door areas and anywhere you don't want flies.
Or use lavender oil.
@@NewGameComingSoon Thanks for the tip, I'll ty that. As they do fill up the skylight very quickly and killing them is not something we do.
Good job boys, you dragged that job out a bit though didn’t you?😂😂😂
Seriously great job and great video, really nice to see grafters. Keep up the good work.👍🏻
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One thing I would add though @Jamie Skinner is that I am the home owner not the builder. In all seriousness, my advice to fellow non-builders looking at this type of work is to remember your builder has a business to sustain and will not be committing 100% of their resources to your project for the months that they start and finish.They will be spreading risk across multiple projects.
Our builder was managing multiple projects at different stages and we were aware of this, and I was already aware of how it comes together as a project manager at my own work. Resources and projects juggling is an art, and materials and labour aren't always where they need to be at the time they are needed. Despite meticulous planning, things happen (take the weather for example).
If you are reading this: not all builders are bad, so cut them a little slack now and again and, unlike some people who have left comments to this video, #BeKind.
Looks great apart from the GRP roof it’s a shocker of a system,no movement will delaminate and already has ponding,it’s the gift that keeps giving,
A fair point @Daniel Finley. We are happy with this look, and the risks that come with it - so we are not shocked. Felt roofing just didn't appeal to the aesthetic we wanted. We see it similar to the rendered outside walls - they will need all need some regular maintenance.
@@jonnylargeI wouldn’t worry too much, do you know what GRP system was used? Most modern blends allow for movement and heat etc. Lovely build btw, just came across the video - I’m having a double story side extension and a rear extension that will measure 2.5m by 8m so not too far short of what you had done.
I'm not sure what they used@@danieledwards4378 - a layer of stinky glass fibre, then a couple of coats of stinky paint? I'm sure there's some technical descriptions that I could use 🤣
@@danieledwards4378 Can I ask how much you ended up paying for your extension?
Wow that looks great 👍🏻 well put together too enjoyed watching that 👌🏻👏🏻
Thanks @Angela Robinson
Amazing job
Thanks @Sajad Ahmed
Great video. Looks like soral panels need cleaning
Thanks @rumbata10. You're not the first to say that!
Looking at the data, those three dirty one lose us about 4% energy generation compared to the cleaner row of five.
Why dont they build houses already with the extension?
I think they want to balance the size of the building and the size of the garden. There isn't the space to do both when the houses on the estate are first built. We decided to eat into some of our garden space as we spend more time in the house.
7:58 That dirt must be blocking out at least 40% of the potential light intake on those solar panels...
An interesting remark @bojack3827. Fortunately (or not, depending on your persuasion), I have some data.
If we look at the panels on the flat roof, there is a row of 5 and a row of 3. Looking at the data for total generation in the 12 months for 2022, here's what was generated:
Row of 5 - 274KWh average per panel
Row of 3 (dirtier panels) - 263KWh average per panel
So the dirty panels are down by about 4%...rather than 40%. 2021 was quite a dry summer here so, when it does rain, it cleans them up a little. The dirt is from pigeons who seems to use the roof as both a toilet and a carvery.
Top job, BRAVO !
Amazing work 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Thanks!
Great video. You make it look so easy👍
🤣 Thanks @simon walker.
I'm just the film-maker - believe me, that's way easier than the builder's efforts!
How many straight working weeks (5 day working weeks) would you estimate this took to build? Excluding any pauses, delays etc
Thanks for the comment. Difficult to comment on the hours, but I will share the following.
The builder was appointed in February 2021 and the construction started in June. 95% of the build was completed by mid-September. However, the days were getting cooler and more damp which makes outdoor tiling a little more risky to complete. So we had to wait until the following summer for the outdoor tiling to be completed.
Hello, my extension plans are very similar. Which involves the garage like this. Do you have other videos of how you restructured the garage.
I'm afraid that I don't @Robert Littlejohn. Boiler installation, which was a major operation for the utility space wasn't great material 🤣. However, I wished that I had filmed it. Our garage was converted back in 2007. I was only in to photos then, rather than video, and they can be found on Flickr (www.flickr.com/photos/71894657@N00/albums/72157600336629556).
So we started with a habitable space in the garage and, for the extension, we split it in half - the front (south facing) half being turned into an office and the back half turned into the utility space. The builders built a stud wall across the middle - which houses some electrical sockets and water pipework.
In terms of the water in and out of the boiler, the pipework from the original location of the boiler in the old kitchen was extended into the garage loft and down into the new boiler. Drainage and waste gases from the boiler just passes out through the extension wall.
The utility space contains a washing machine and a tumble dryer. Drainage from the washing machine comes out of the new utility space through the kitchen wall and into the old drain beneath the sink. We kept the sink in the new kitchen in the same place so that water and drainage services did not need moving. The tumble dryer has a warm air exhaust and this is passed down a wide poly pipe to the extension wall to the side, through an air brick.
We had a free-standing fridge/freezer and moved to an integrated fridge/freezer. This is has considerably less capacity than a free-standing so we kept our old fridge, and that also sits in the utility space.
The utility space also has a worktop and a few hanging cabinets. I reckon, from memory, the room is about 2m by 3.5m in size.
Great job! What sort of price would an extension like this cost bar the kitchen?
Great looking project 👌👌🏴
200.000 € thank you haha, good job guys !
😂
Stunning
Thanks @pauloshea5483.
Good video and great job but why I had messed any kind of insulation in roofs and walls?
Thanks @Abdul Salam.
It is tricky to spot. Have a look at 1m 23s, toward the left hand corner of the extension, and you can see the yellow glass fibre going in. At 2m 06s the roof insulation, in the form of Celotex sheets (coloured silver), are being laid out. These sheets also go under the screed, in the floor, too.
Nice work what size is the extension
great edit but where was the PIR boards for the warm roof?
Thanks Rags. What are PIR boards?
@@jonnylarge might want to Google it 😉
Great video! Just curious to why they didn’t fit the sink on the opposite counter next to where the fridge was since the whole kitchen was worked on as well. That other counter could have been used for eating.
Hi @setdiablo8905 - thank you!
Good question, and there are two reasons why we went this route. We spend most time at these counters washing up and we felt it would be a better view when doing it. Secondly, the mains water pipe to the house and drainage were at that location and to shift them would have taken a relative big effort. We felt these benefits outweighed a bigger place to eat. Cheers for the question though.
Great video. But curious to know what you did in the tiny gap between you and neighbour. Is that left unfinished or somehow can that be rendered too, or was that finished in red brick? I couldn’t tell. I never know how they deal with the small gaps between neighbouring properties
Thanks @Rico 1071.
It's still a 1.5-2 inch gap. The side of the wall that is visible to our neighbour is rendered and painted. There's about 12 inches worth top to bottom. The rest is exposed block work - as exposed as it can be. We've had a lot of rain since it was finished and haven't had any water problems just yet.
Great team work, looks great, foundations all dug out by hand and waste removed via the alley, bet that was a hard slog. how much did it all cost
Thanks @lutonroy. I was impressed with the effort they put in. It was in June and it didn't half get hot across those weeks - which is why the gazebo came out. From you name you might also be aware of how chalky it is round (and we're not too many miles from Luton). I think the grab lorry can hold 15 tonnes of soil and we definitely had a couple of lorry loads removed.
I don't like to comment on the cost, especially as it what we paid on prices from February 2021 would be a fair bit off today's prices.
Stunning build and great to watch
Thanks @Mike Wakeford
What’s the capping called on the top of block ? All looks top notch work 👍
Coping stones.
Thanks @Michael S.
The capping on the extension parapet walls is aluminium supplied by a company called Guttercrest. I think that this is the link - www.guttercrest.co.uk/aluminium-coping/#toggle-id-1.
As @Chris Lee says, the capping on the retaining wall in the garden is just stone that I sourced from eBay. We wanted to match the colour of parapet capping as close as possible and this is as near as we could get. Pure black coping stones stones seemed difficult to come by.
@@ChrisLee-yr7tz yeah I know what the stone cappings are.
Thanks @@jonnylarge … will be sure to look into this for up coming jobs rather than using stone etc.
Absolutely spot on video, loved watching it & it gave me some mega ideas for something we r going to have done similar 👍🏽👍🏽
Might have to ponder over those ideas over a mega pint haha
Super. Thanks @Simon Chamberlain.
Good builders do amazing jobs
They did.
Good job
Thanks @azizjajou570.
Great job gents, looks the business 👍
Thanks @Amreek Singh
Grear job but the soundtrack is a bit overt the top. Your building the eifle tower 😉😄
Thanks @tomasryan6994. What music do you think would have been better?
Great vid. What was the cost all up?
Thanks @Old Mate. I can tell you that the cost then would be a bit different to now.
@@jonnylarge righto then
Great job. What’s the cost on a job like this?
Thanks @Adam Evans. The cost then, would be a little different to what it would cost now.
Wow amazing, how much did this extension cost?
Thanks @rahanu7185. If you went to build it in October 2022, you'd be looking at £100K if you are in the UK.
What floor did you put down on the outside patio, please?? I see you got this matching the interior, which looks awesome
Hi @VJBang. The tiles are porcelain which means they can be laid both inside and out. They are made by a company called Vitra, and are known as Aspenwood Gris - www.vitra.co.uk/tiles/20x120-aspenwood-grey-tile-r10a-sku-K945693R0001VTE0/
@@jonnylarge brilliant. Thank you very much. Great job!
@@VJBang907 Thank you!
Heel mooi werk. Onze woonkamer is vrij klein en we willen deze uitbreiden. Hoeveel denk je dat het zou kosten als je het zo zou willen hebben als het huis in de video?
Bedankt. Het is erg moeilijk om een kostenraming te maken, aangezien dit een paar jaar geleden was en in het Verenigd Koninkrijk.
Amazing! What was the cost of it?
Thanks @chivchila.
Would rather not say as prices today would be so different.
How much will cost similar kitchen extension?
Many thanks
Very difficult to predict as this was in 2021 and in the UK when prices were a little different to what they are today.
How much did it cost you altogether for that please?
How much did it cost in the 2021? How much money did you pay for the work that was done? Why post this and if you can’t answer a very simple question? I’m confused?
Brilliant guys
Thanks @Steve Williams
So much skill on show in the building of this. Are all these skills going to be passed on to the next generation? I worry that the cost of living combined with the relatively low wages starting off in building and the trades are going to leave not enough young people wanting to take on these sorts of jobs, to then transfer these across to future generations
Totally agree @damienheads7151. Interestingly, the owner of the building company has got his son now working for him. He, like many others is undertaking an apprenticeship in the skills required (carpentry I think for the young chap). So it's not a total lost caused just yet.
Pretty freaking sweet man. Well done. What’s next!!?? Haha
Thanks @Christopher Costello.
We were thinking a nuclear power station next.
Great video! What software did you use at 07:38 for the design side of things? Thanks in advance
Thanks @ellishusband2567. It's called Live Home 3D - www.livehome3d.com
Good
How much it cost same this.
Thank you
Hi @nizar. I don't normally reveal what we paid but, in conversation with my builder recently, you would looking at £100k.