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Knock-throughs & new openings in Lymm

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

Lymm mixes period cottages and village houses around the Dam and the Cross with larger 1930s and modern detached homes on the edges of the village, and both end up wanting the same thing: the back of the house opened into one kitchen-living space.

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

Lymm falls under Warrington Borough Council building control, or a registered building control approver.

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

Do you cover Lymm?

Yes — Lymm and the surrounding area are part of our regular patch. Lymm falls under Warrington Borough 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 Lymm

Wall Removal in Lymm

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

Steel Beams in Lymm

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

Structural Brickwork in Lymm

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

Lintel Replacement in Lymm

Replace cracked, rotten or sagging lintels over windows and doors, or fit new lintels to widen openings.

Brickwork in Lymm

Brickwork repairs, tuckpointing, repointing and masonry work — matched to the original.

Joinery in Lymm

First and second fix joinery, doors, windows, frames and carpentry — finished properly.

Knock-Throughs in Lymm?

Send photos or your engineer's drawings for a same-day budget price, or book a free survey in Lymm.