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Rear extension with a wide new opening into the house

A single-storey rear extension with a vaulted, glazed garden room, opened up into the existing house to make one open-plan kitchen and living space. Photographed from temporary propping through to completion.

Completed single-storey rear extension with a mono-pitch roof, full-height glazed gable and grey aluminium bi-fold doors, beside new glazed doors into the house
The completed rear extension
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Single-storey rear extension and structural alterations
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During construction

  • Adjustable steel props supporting the structure above a wide opening at the rear of a pebble-dashed house, with scaffolding in front
    Fig. 01Temporary propping at the rear of the house during the works
  • A glazed single-storey extension nearing completion, with a tradesperson on a stepladder inside
    Fig. 02The glazed extension nearing completion
  • Inside the extension during fit-out: a wide new opening through to the original house, a boxed-in beam and a roof light opening in the vaulted ceiling
    Fig. 03Fit-out: the new opening, boxed-in beam and roof light opening
  • Extension interior during plastering, with the opening into the existing kitchen, a roof light opening and timber sheathing still visible on one wall
    Fig. 04Plastering, with the new opening into the existing kitchen

Completed

  • Completed single-storey rear extension with a mono-pitch roof, full-height glazed gable and grey aluminium bi-fold doors, beside new glazed doors into the house
    Fig. 05The completed rear extension
  • Completed open-plan kitchen and living space, with full-height glazing and bi-fold doors to the garden
    Fig. 06Open-plan kitchen and living space
  • Completed extension with a vaulted ceiling and roof light, and a wide opening through to the kitchen with the beam above boxed in
    Fig. 07Vaulted ceiling, roof light and the wide opening to the kitchen
  • Kitchen island in the completed extension, with a roof light above and an opening through to the original house
    Fig. 08The kitchen island under the new roof light
  • View from inside the completed extension through the glazed corner and open bi-fold doors to the garden
    Fig. 09The glazed corner, looking out to the garden
  • The completed kitchen with handleless units, an island and pendant lights, photographed in the evening
    Fig. 10The finished kitchen, in the evening

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