A detailed photographic record of building a house extension from scratch
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Commendation
award! Rushmoor Borough Council ran a Rushmoor Design Awards 2009 competition 'to promote and improve the quality of our built and natural environment' in the borough. I'm pleased to announce that the extension won a commendation from the judges in the Best Conversion / Extension / Refurbishment category which keeps or adapts the original building, and complements the existing property. |
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"I Googled 'How to build and extension' and your site was top of the list. What a fantastic site it is too. I've just spent the last couple of hours reading through it from top to bottom and its given me the confidence to believe its something I could do too. Your attention to detail is outstanding. The windows for example, just amazing! You must be incredibly proud of your efforts." |
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February 2007: When I was thinking about self-building a small extension to my house in the UK, even in the vastness of the Internet I could not find a web site that took me step-by-step through a complete build photographically. I thought that I would remedy that situation by documenting my build as it took place on a daily basis. I plan to undertake all the work myself - a real self-build project and I hope that you find it useful. Let me know if you do! email:
September 2007: Well, the project is 100% finished and took a total of five months from start to finish. I'm exceedingly pleased with the result and I can say that I laid every brick, screwed every screw and even built all the windows.
Disclaimer: I am not any any way involved in the building industry and therefore I am not an expert on the subject matter of this site. The way I go about things may not be the correct or even the best way of undertaking specific tasks. The consequence of this is that I do not recommend that you use the information on this site without consulting appropriate experts.