Hello.
Very basic question here about changing and adding interior walls in a 1980s terrace house to make 2 bedrooms out of 1.
We are bidding on this house. So don't want to share photos or plans. It's a typical brick/timber terrace. The neighboring houses all seem to differ slightly in their interior plan - so this is a clear thing. We want to copy one of their plans. I don't want to change a load-bearing wall.
Do I need planning permission? I doubt it, right?
I think it would need a timber frame with plaster skin + door. Bauhaus etc for all materials.
Is it a job I can do myself? I'm kind of capable. Can I legally do this?
Is there a guide cost per vertical sqm? Or anything I need to know before assuming I can start working? Do you usually need to cut the floor, or can it be laid on top? Or is there a forum about this. (It seems perhaps too basic a task to have its own forum!).
Thanks for any tips.
Very basic question here about changing and adding interior walls in a 1980s terrace house to make 2 bedrooms out of 1.
We are bidding on this house. So don't want to share photos or plans. It's a typical brick/timber terrace. The neighboring houses all seem to differ slightly in their interior plan - so this is a clear thing. We want to copy one of their plans. I don't want to change a load-bearing wall.
Do I need planning permission? I doubt it, right?
I think it would need a timber frame with plaster skin + door. Bauhaus etc for all materials.
Is it a job I can do myself? I'm kind of capable. Can I legally do this?
Is there a guide cost per vertical sqm? Or anything I need to know before assuming I can start working? Do you usually need to cut the floor, or can it be laid on top? Or is there a forum about this. (It seems perhaps too basic a task to have its own forum!).
Thanks for any tips.
You do not need a building permit or notification to put up a non-load-bearing partition wall.
Only electrical installations are subject to legal requirements that an electrical installation company must perform. You can do almost everything else yourself.
Steel studs may possibly be easier than wooden studs.
It is possible to fasten a stud to the floor with double-sided tape, and then you should be able to erect the wall without damaging the floor.
Only electrical installations are subject to legal requirements that an electrical installation company must perform. You can do almost everything else yourself.
Steel studs may possibly be easier than wooden studs.
It is possible to fasten a stud to the floor with double-sided tape, and then you should be able to erect the wall without damaging the floor.