Hire expert building contractors in Durham when you want to open up period properties.
Only experts can strategically remove internal load-bearing walls and replace them with hidden structural steel support systems. This is a safe, effective way to alter a period property and convert cramped, dark rooms into a bright, open-plan living space.
By letting experts alter period properties, you can breathe fresh life into them without changing their original historical character.
Why Alter In The First Place?
Properties built centuries ago surely come with unmatched timeless architectural charm. Each period property has a rich history and boasts an unmatched character.
Segmented Dingy Dark Living Spaces – That’s Why
But period properties and their traditional internal layouts are often heavily segmented and constrained, leaving the living space dark. The worst part is that these layouts don’t match the life modern families lead today.
What Does A Modern Family Need In Its Living Space?
Wide-open spaces flooded with natural light that promote fluid movement.
How To Alter A Period Property?
The only way to make the living spaces of a period property roomier, brighter and fit for modern life is to knock down its heavy masonry walls.
What About The Associated Risks?
Knocking down the load-bearing walls and that too- of a property that was built centuries ago is a bad idea, unless you hire a team of amateurs or take the DIY approach.
Hire Expert Building Contractors
When you hire expert building contractors in Durham to alter the period properties you own in the region, you have already made a wise decision.
Here’s why.
Load-Bearing Wall Removal and Steel Installation
Period properties still stand tall because they rely on heavy, load-bearing masonry internal walls. These walls support the floors and the overhead roof structures.
Hire an experienced team, and they can carefully prop up the ceilings of your period property using temporary steel supports before knocking down internal load-bearing walls.
After the walls are knocked down, to reinforce the property, custom steel lintels are then inserted into the ceiling cavity – a clever technique to hide support beams. The result: a smooth ceiling and an open-plan living space, ready to be customised to your preferences.
Blending Period Detail with Modern Design
The goal of altering a period property is to make the space work with modern living without erasing its history and period-correct character.
When you hire a team of specialist tradespeople, you can expect them to carefully salvage original coving, antique picture rails, and deep, beautiful skirting boards.
After new layouts and spaces are created in your period property to support modern living, these salvaged pieces, features and fittings will then be transplanted seamlessly.
Expanding Living Space with Glazed Rear Extensions
If you don’t want to knock down those historical walls but still want more living space in your period home, a team of expert tradespeople associated with a revered building contractor in the region can extend the rear of the property. This is a great solution and requires minimal paperwork. Think about it.
Reclaim Your Space with Trusted Local Expertise
Own a period property in Durham? Have you had enough of living in its cramped, damp, dark and dingy rooms? Want to open it up, flood it with natural light and improve its ventilation? The only solution is to alter it.
Altering period properties doesn’t have to be a gamble. Especially if you hire ADH Building Services – a leading building contractor in Durham offering end-to-end as well as turnkey solutions to home and commercial property owners in the region.
To learn more about our services and how we can help, call us now.