Wall Removal in Formby & Crosby
Open up kitchens, dining rooms and living spaces safely, with the wall's load carried by a correctly designed steel beam.
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Knock-throughs & new openings in Formby & Crosby
Planning a knock-through in Formby & Crosby? We open up kitchens, dining rooms and through-lounges — engineered, signed off and left ready for plaster.
Formby, Crosby and Ainsdale are mostly 1930s and post-war detached houses, semis and bungalows, and the classic job is a wide rear opening onto a new extension or garden room, often with a goalpost frame for big sliding doors.
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
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
Formby and Crosby fall under Sefton Council building control, or a registered building control approver.
Knock-throughs & new openings in Formby & Crosby: your questions answered
Do you cover Formby & Crosby?
Yes — Formby & Crosby and the surrounding area are part of our regular patch. Formby and Crosby fall under Sefton Council building control, or a registered building control approver.
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.
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Steel Beams in Formby & Crosby
Supply and fit of steel beams, columns and goalpost frames for knock-throughs, extensions and loft conversions.
Chimney Breast Removal in Formby & Crosby
Remove chimney breasts to gain floor space, with the chimney above properly supported.
Structural Brickwork in Formby & Crosby
Shop fronts, brick facade rebuilds, wall tie replacement, subsidence repairs and repointing — with bricks and mortar matched to the original.
Lintel Replacement in Formby & Crosby
Replace cracked, rotten or sagging lintels over windows and doors, or fit new lintels to widen openings.
Brickwork in Formby & Crosby
Brickwork repairs, tuckpointing, repointing and masonry work — matched to the original.
Drylining & Plaster in Formby & Crosby
Plasterboard, drylining, plaster finishes and damproofing — interior finishing done properly.
Joinery in Formby & Crosby
First and second fix joinery, doors, windows, frames and carpentry — finished properly.
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Knock-Throughs in Formby & Crosby?
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