Kitchen knock-throughs in Luton — walls opened, steels installed, Building Control handled. Structural calculations, proper making good, fixed quotes.
Opening the kitchen into the back room is the change that transforms a Luton terrace, and it is genuinely structural work. It needs calculations, a steel and Building Control sign-off. Done properly it adds value; done badly it costs you a sale.
Signed off properly. In Luton, where a lot of houses change hands quickly, an unsigned structural opening is the thing that stalls a sale at the searches.
Beam sized by a structural engineer, padstones bedded, and the opening finished so it reads as part of the house rather than as a hole with a lintel over it.
Screens and sheeting up before anything comes down, and the route in and out protected. Taking a wall out makes more dust than people believe.
Sheeting and screens up before the wall comes down.
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 load-bearing wall, and it is not the expensive part. What changes the cost is what is in the wall - services, a chimney breast, or a floor above needing a heavier beam. We establish that at survey so the figure does not move later.
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.
One bigger room is harder to heat than two small ones, and it is worth thinking about before rather than after. Sometimes the answer is a wide opening rather than removing the whole wall.