Load-bearing wall removal in Kendal & South Lakes
Open up kitchens, dining rooms and living spaces safely, with the wall's load carried by a correctly designed steel beam.
Cumbria
Steel beam installation & wall removal in Kendal & South Lakes
Kendal's limestone houses and the slate and stone cottages around Windermere, Ambleside and Ulverston have thick rubble-filled walls, so openings need careful needling and generous padstones; we plan the propping for stone before we arrive.
We cover Kendal, Windermere, Bowness, Ambleside, Ulverston and Grange-over-Sands, including holiday lets being opened up into larger kitchens and living spaces.
Kendal and the South Lakes fall under Westmorland and Furness Council building control, or a registered building control approver. Inside the Lake District National Park, planning goes to the National Park Authority.
Call 0161 706 3593 or email info@theloadbearingcompany.co.uk. The Load Bearing Company, Piccadilly Business Centre, Unit C Aldo Enterprise Park, Blackett Street, Manchester M12 6AE. Free survey and a fixed price for work in Kendal & South Lakes.
What we do in Kendal & South Lakes
Steel beam & RSJ installation in Kendal & South Lakes
Supply and fit of steel beams, columns and goalpost frames for knock-throughs, extensions and loft conversions.
Knock-throughs & new openings in Kendal & South Lakes
Kitchen-diners, through-lounges, new doorways and wider openings for bifold and sliding doors.
Chimney breast removal in Kendal & South Lakes
Remove chimney breasts to gain floor space, with the chimney above properly supported.
Lintel installation & replacement in Kendal & South Lakes
Replace cracked, rotten or sagging lintels over windows and doors, or fit new lintels to widen openings.
Structural brickwork & repairs in Kendal & South Lakes
Shop fronts, brick facade rebuilds, wall tie replacement, subsidence repairs and repointing — with bricks and mortar matched to the original.
Small structural alterations
The smaller structural jobs that still need doing properly — joists, padstones, beam upgrades and repairs.
Steel shelters & canopies
Loading canopies, car ports, bike sheds, smoking shelters and covered yards — galvanised frames, sheeted and guttered.
Steel-framed units & buildings
Workshops, storage units and garages — frame, cladding, roller shutters and doors, built start to finish.
Metal railings & fencing
Railings, mesh and palisade fencing, security cages, gates, handrails and bollards — galvanised or powder-coated, properly fixed.
Demolition & strip-out
Controlled demolition and strip-out — internal walls, facades, canopies and outbuildings, safely supported and cleared.
Steel installs for builders
Fit-only or supply-and-fit steel for builders, developers, kitchen fitters and loft conversion companies.
Brickwork & masonry in Kendal & South Lakes
Brickwork repairs, tuckpointing, repointing and masonry work — matched to the original.
Drylining, plastering & damproofing in Kendal & South Lakes
Plasterboard, drylining, plaster finishes and damproofing — interior finishing done properly.
Joinery — 1st & 2nd fix in Kendal & South Lakes
First and second fix joinery, doors, windows, frames and carpentry — finished properly.
Recent work
Real jobs, with the photos, so you can see the standard before you book a survey in Kendal & South Lakes.
Full-width rear opening for a house extension
The entire back wall of a semi carried on one steel beam, opening the house into a new rear extension.
Whole-house structural package in a period property
Several steel beams through one renovation, including twin steels tucked beneath an ornate period ceiling — cornice untouched.
Chimney breast removal with the stack carried on steel
Chimney breast removed to reclaim floor space, with the remaining stack above picked up on a new steel beam.
Nearby
We also cover Lancaster & Morecambe, Barrow-in-Furness, Carlisle, Preston.
Planning structural work in Kendal & South Lakes?
Send a couple of photos and rough sizes — we'll come back the same working day with honest advice and a budget price.