Wall Removal in Leigh
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 Leigh
Planning a knock-through in Leigh? We open up kitchens, dining rooms and through-lounges — engineered, signed off and left ready for plaster.
Leigh, Atherton and Tyldesley are old mill towns with long runs of terraces, where opening the two downstairs rooms into one and taking out chimney breasts are the bread-and-butter jobs, alongside rear openings on the newer estates.
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
Leigh falls under Wigan Council building control, or a registered building control approver.
Knock-throughs & new openings in Leigh: your questions answered
Do you cover Leigh?
Yes — Leigh and the surrounding area are part of our regular patch. Leigh falls under Wigan 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.
More structural work in Leigh
Steel Beams in Leigh
Supply and fit of steel beams, columns and goalpost frames for knock-throughs, extensions and loft conversions.
Chimney Breast Removal in Leigh
Remove chimney breasts to gain floor space, with the chimney above properly supported.
Structural Brickwork in Leigh
Shop fronts, brick facade rebuilds, wall tie replacement, subsidence repairs and repointing — with bricks and mortar matched to the original.
Lintel Replacement in Leigh
Replace cracked, rotten or sagging lintels over windows and doors, or fit new lintels to widen openings.
Brickwork in Leigh
Brickwork repairs, tuckpointing, repointing and masonry work — matched to the original.
Drylining & Plaster in Leigh
Plasterboard, drylining, plaster finishes and damproofing — interior finishing done properly.
Joinery in Leigh
First and second fix joinery, doors, windows, frames and carpentry — finished properly.
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Knock-Throughs in Leigh?
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