Load-bearing wall removal in Manchester
Open up kitchens, dining rooms and living spaces safely, with the wall's load carried by a correctly designed steel beam.
Greater Manchester
Steel beam installation & wall removal in Manchester
Our base is off Blackett Street in Ardwick, a mile from Piccadilly, so Manchester is home ground. The city's housing is mostly Victorian and Edwardian terraces and semis in Levenshulme, Longsight, Rusholme, Gorton, Moston and Blackley, villas in Whalley Range and Victoria Park, and 1930s semis in Burnage and Northenden, nearly all with a load-bearing spine wall between the front and back rooms.
Most Manchester jobs are knock-throughs into a kitchen-diner, chimney breasts out, and wide rear openings for extensions; we also fit steel in city-centre shops, offices and mill conversions for fit-out contractors and developers, working out of hours where the building stays open.
Building Regulations applications in Manchester go to Manchester City Council building control, or to a registered building control approver.
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 Manchester.
What we do in Manchester
Steel beam & RSJ installation in Manchester
Supply and fit of steel beams, columns and goalpost frames for knock-throughs, extensions and loft conversions.
Knock-throughs & new openings in Manchester
Kitchen-diners, through-lounges, new doorways and wider openings for bifold and sliding doors.
Chimney breast removal in Manchester
Remove chimney breasts to gain floor space, with the chimney above properly supported.
Lintel installation & replacement in Manchester
Replace cracked, rotten or sagging lintels over windows and doors, or fit new lintels to widen openings.
Structural brickwork & repairs in Manchester
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 Manchester
Brickwork repairs, tuckpointing, repointing and masonry work — matched to the original.
Drylining, plastering & damproofing in Manchester
Plasterboard, drylining, plaster finishes and damproofing — interior finishing done properly.
Joinery — 1st & 2nd fix in Manchester
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 Manchester.
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 Didsbury & South Manchester, Salford, Stockport, Stretford & Urmston.
Planning structural work in Manchester?
Send a couple of photos and rough sizes — we'll come back the same working day with honest advice and a budget price.