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Knock-throughs & new openings in Chester

Planning a knock-through in Chester? We open up kitchens, dining rooms and through-lounges — engineered, signed off and left ready for plaster.

Chester's housing runs from Georgian townhouses inside the walls to Victorian terraces in Hoole and Handbridge and modern estates at Huntington and Upton — each with its own structural quirks, from listed-building consent to solid nine-inch walls.

A knock-through joins two rooms into one — most often the kitchen and dining room, or the front and back rooms of a terrace or semi. We also form new doorways and widen existing openings, including large openings in rear walls for bifold or sliding doors.

Recent knock-throughs work

Steel beam spanning a full-width rear opening of a semi-detached house into a new extension
Full-width rear opening — the whole back of the house carried on one steel
Long RSJ spanning a knock-through with the floor above supported on temporary props
Full-width knock-through — the house held on props while the steel goes in
Extension shell in blockwork with the knock-through steels installed overhead
The new room taking shape once the steels are in

What’s included

  • Kitchen-diner and through-lounge knock-throughs
  • New doorways and serving hatches
  • Widening existing openings
  • Rear wall openings for bifolds, sliders and French doors
  • Openings into new extensions
  • Blocking up old doorways and openings

Chester structural work is inspected by Cheshire West and Chester building control; listed buildings inside the walls also need listed building consent.

Knock-throughs & new openings in Chester: your questions answered

Do you cover Chester?

Yes — Chester and the surrounding area are part of our regular patch. Chester structural work is inspected by Cheshire West and Chester building control; listed buildings inside the walls also need listed building consent.

Do I need planning permission for a knock-through?

Usually not for internal walls in a house. You do need Building Regulations approval if the wall is load-bearing, and listed building consent if the property is listed.

Can you form an opening for bifold doors?

Yes. We install the steel lintel or goalpost frame the engineer specifies and leave the structural opening sized to your door supplier's dimensions.

Will a knock-through make a lot of dust?

Cutting masonry is dusty, so the work area is sheeted off, dust extraction is used on cutting tools and the site is cleaned at the end of each day.

More structural work in Chester

Wall Removal in Chester

Open up kitchens, dining rooms and living spaces safely, with the wall's load carried by a correctly designed steel beam.

Steel Beams in Chester

Supply and fit of steel beams, columns and goalpost frames for knock-throughs, extensions and loft conversions.

Structural Brickwork in Chester

Shop fronts, brick facade rebuilds, wall tie replacement, subsidence repairs and repointing — with bricks and mortar matched to the original.

Knock-Throughs nearby

We also cover knock-throughs in Northwich, knock-throughs in Crewe & Nantwich, knock-throughs in Warrington. See the full knock-throughs & new openings service or all work in Chester.

Knock-Throughs in Chester?

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