New Kitchen/Living extension, south coast

[Triggaaar]

Hi all

 

We've just applied for planning permission for a single story extension in Brighton, and if it passes (and we can get the money) I'd like to start with build as soon as the worst of the winter is over.

 

That means trying to get quotes as soon as I can, which means trying to make decisions now.

 

A couple of the big (and expensive) decisions is where to get some large glass sliding doors from, and also some rooflights.

We also need to decide on the wall construction - we were originally thinking of brick and block, but to improve the insulation we're now thinking of brick, then timber stud with insulation in-between, and further insulation inside it.

 

I've had a good look around the forum, but I'm not sure where the best place is to post the details and ask for advice. Any suggestions?

 

Thanks

Edited November 10, 2018 by Triggaaar
typo

[Triggaaar]

Here are the proposed elevations:

 

[Ashdown]

We have just been through the glass door pain and have recently placed orders. We are not far from you and happy to talk if you like .

Peter

 

[Triggaaar]

2 minutes ago, Ashdown said:

We have just been through the glass door pain and have recently placed orders. We are not far from you and happy to talk if you like .

Peter

 

Thanks, all advice is appreciated.

Our opening should be 7m or 7.2m wide,  2.76m tall, and we'd like to go for 3 panels. Either fixed on one side, with 2 sliding, or all 3 sliding (budget dependent).

 

The doors need to be relatively easy to open (most good makes are). That aside, this is the order of my criteria:

1) for the doors are for them to last a long time. I don't want them to be knackered after 10/15 years.

2) for them to not cost too much

3) for them to have a reasonable thermal efficiency - we're in an Edwardian house, so the rest of the house isn't great with heat. This new room (75 sq metres) is going to be used the most though, so if possible I'd like it to be pretty efficient. Presumably some heat will leak through the door to the rest of the house, so there's a limit on how far we should go with insulation.

4) profile width. Slim is better than wide, and if it cost a little more (all other things being equal) we could go slim, but I wouldn't want to blow the budget for a slimmer profile.

 

Some of the brands we're looking at:

Air door 600 LS

Solarlux SL 160

Express bifolds (sliding doors)

Skyglaze

[newhome]

Welcome. Many people only look at the forums they have an interest in so I would ask the questions on the sub forums. Here’s a good place to start the brick and block discussion 

 

https://forum.buildhub.org.uk/forum/53-brick-block/

 

And here for the doors (many people on here have large sliders)

 

https://forum.buildhub.org.uk/forum/143-doors-door-frames/

 

Or you could put all of your questions here under house extensions. There isn’t really a hard and fast rule. 

 

https://forum.buildhub.org.uk/forum/60-house-extensions/

 

[Triggaaar]

3 hours ago, newhome said:

Welcome. Many people only look at the forums they have an interest in so I would ask the questions on the sub forums. Here’s a good place to start the brick and block discussion 

 

https://forum.buildhub.org.uk/forum/53-brick-block/

 

And here for the doors (many people on here have large sliders)

 

https://forum.buildhub.org.uk/forum/143-doors-door-frames/

 

Or you could put all of your questions here under house extensions. There isn’t really a hard and fast rule. 

 

https://forum.buildhub.org.uk/forum/60-house-extensions/

 

 

Thank you, I'll post in those forums.