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Loft Conversions

There are three main reason for planning a loft conversion, they are as follows;

• Children’s Playrooms
• Bedrooms (often the master Bedroom)
• Bathrooms (on suit) – Often as part of a Bedroom

All of which can add value to your property even in these challenging times,

Children’s playroom in the loft

Things to consider when converting your loft into a playroom,

1) Safety, Your loft being at the top of your house has the potential to be one of the most dangerous rooms in your house. You need to plan your play room carefully in order to minimise danger. Make sure you install solid doors (see fire door rules) and fit an enclosed staircase as the stairs up to the loft can often be quite steep.  The supporting floor beams will more than likely have to be changed for thicker beams to fit in with rules and regulations.

Space, remember it is important to keep some storage space in your loft, even if you plan to use it as a playroom, it is often popular to create space saving cupboards into the loft eaves. These cupboards are perfect for storing large items and seasonal household goods. Walk in storage cupboards are also a possibility for those needing convenient, luxury storage.

3) Comfort & Cleanliness, Loft Playrooms are also used by people as places to relax and watch films, read books or just get away from the chaos that is the rest of the house. It is therefore important to make sure they are comfortable, pay particular attention to flooring, lighting and other surfaces. As the loft is probably the hardest room to get to in the whole house try to use materials that need little cleaning like wooden or laminate flooring. The downside of not using carpet is increased noise and a reduction in the insulation properties of your loft.
www.BuilderHouseExtension.com can build you the perfect loft conversion, playroom at a very low, competitive, fixed price. We can follow your specifications so that you end up with the correct materials and the most professional finish.

Loft Bedrooms & Bathrooms

A loft room or Attic space can make an amazing large Master bedroom or large lofts can be converted into two bedrooms perfect for growing families.
Loft bedrooms can be designed to specification. Again you need to consider a variety of things,

• Lighting – e.g. spotlights, down lights and reading lights
• Sound proofing & Insulation
• Type of flooring, e.g. wooden floor, laminate, carpet
• What windows you require, e.g. a few large Velux windows, or several small windows,

Sound-proofing can be done effectively through a combination of blackout-blinds and proper floor and wall insulation.

Traditionally Loft bedrooms are accompanied by en suite bathrooms, these rooms are very important to design correctly, they need to be properly ventilated, damp-proof, fire proof and designed to high specification as they will add real value to your home.

Things to think about when designing/planning a loft bathroom,

Ventilation – An extractor fan needs to be installed, Humidistat extractor fans are a good solution.
Underfloor Heating – This is becoming more popular solution for heating bathrooms. They provide better distributed heat than radiators, but be warned, electric Underfloor heating is expensive to run.

We can tile and plumb you bathroom to your requirements ad-hearing to National plumbing regulations. See our bathroom design page on for examples f or our bathroom designs.

Our Services

www.BuilderHouseExtension.com are experts in designing and implementing any type of loft conversions, provided specifications fall within standard regulations? Our London builders can work to the specifications of your Architect plans to produce the loft conversion of your dreams.

Whatever your needs www.builderhouseextension.com can help you convert your loft, even better, we are cheaper than many London Building firms and provide up front fixed priced quotes, so that you know exactly what the building work will cost. Click on the link below to contact us regarding a loft conversion.

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