Refurbishment of a semi-detached Victorian house, with the majority of the work consisting of a basement and loft conversion. The basement as both a utility and storage are had a history of complex damp problems, while the loft (despite a relatively large floor area) lacked the head-height necessary meaning that the whole ceiling plan of the first floor had to be dropped.
Structural Glulams and steels were pocketed in or settled on load-bearing walls in order to support the new floor joist plan. While a dwarf wall was built to support the existig perlins and rafters around the permiter of the new floor area. The dwarf wall also served as a point to cut off and tie in the existing joists where possible.
A dormer was cut out of the existing roof. Which was then cladded with sheet material, insulated and finished with a GRP flat roof.
On the exterior, the dormer was covered with water-proof membrane and clad with Cembonit.
The basement was fitted with a Newton Damp Proofing system, before being insulated, air sealed and fitted out as a utility room.
