Hi All,
Bit of a general question regarding foundations, would be great of anyone can point me in the right direction.
I’m looking at a house with a view to extending & refurbishing, it’s a 1970’s bungalow with large dormer windows within roof/1st floor level. My basic intention is to retain everything from the ground to first floor finished level and build up the wall to create a proper 1st floor area (currently a dormer window config with the roof sitting onto of wall finished at FFL).
What’s the general approach when looking at foundations, I’m guessing I’ll have to expose existing and assess their loading capacity to take proposed 1st floor wall loading and new roof. Is it a simple case of reinforcing existing foundations?
Any general pointers would be much appreciated with the above scenario? Risks, expense etc? Am I looking at this correctly?
Thanks,
Phil