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What you get
A bedroom, a bedroom with a shower room, or an office. The cheapest way most houses get a fourth bedroom.
OUR SERVICES
Loft conversions in Oldham and Greater Manchester
Make useful space above your home, from another bedroom to a calm place to work.
WHAT IT INVOLVES
What a loft conversion involves
Make useful space above your home, from another bedroom to a calm place to work.
The staircase decides it
It has to come off a landing, have head height over it, and take a slice off the room below. If the stairs will not work, nothing else matters, so it is checked first.
Your roof decides the price
A traditional cut roof converts straightforwardly. A trussed roof has webs through the middle of the space and needs structural work first. Both are doable at different prices.
IN THE QUOTE
What is in the quote
The structural work to the floor, and to the roof if it is trussed- Dormer or rooflights, and the roof work that goes with either
- The staircase, and the alterations to the room or landing it comes off
- Insulation to the roof slope and the new walls
- Electrics, and plumbing if there is a shower room going in
- Plastering, second fix and making good downstairs where the stairs land
This is the job where the survey matters more than the build. Head height, roof structure and the staircase decide between them whether you get a proper room.
HOW WE DO IT
How a loft conversion job actually goes
Four steps, start to finish, so you know what happens and when.
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Tell us what the loft is for
A bedroom with a shower room, an office, or storage that is actually usable. Send a photo looking up from the landing and one of the loft itself if you can get up there.
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The head height and the stairs come first
We measure from the joists to the ridge and work out where a staircase can legally land. If the head height is not there, you are told at the visit rather than after a deposit.
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A written quote covering the structure too
New floor joists, steels where they are needed, insulation, the dormer if there is one, and the stair opening. Building control is the council's decision and the quote says which parts need it.
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Built from the outside in where we can
Where a dormer is going on, the roof is opened and closed in the same stretch of work so the house is not open to the weather, then the inside is done.
THREE WAYS TO START
Talk to us about your loft conversion
Whichever is easiest. You get the same answer from all three.
Or send it in a minute
Three boxes and a photo if you have one.
PAST WORK
Recent work
Finished jobs, photographed on site.
Call us for your loft conversion quote
A written quote, itemised, with no obligation.
USEFUL TO KNOW
Loft conversion questions
Is my loft high enough?
It is the first thing measured. As a rough guide people look for somewhere around 2.2 to 2.4 metres from the top of the existing ceiling joist to the underside of the ridge before a conversion is comfortable, because the finished floor comes up and the finished ceiling comes down. Less than that does not always rule it out, but it changes what is possible and it should be established before anybody draws anything.
Do I need permission for a loft conversion?
Council's answer, not ours. Rear dormers frequently fall under permitted development and front ones frequently do not, and conservation areas change it again. You get a straight view at the quote on which way yours looks so you can ask the right question.
Where will the stairs go?
Usually over the existing staircase, which keeps the loss of floor space downstairs to a minimum. Where that is not possible they come off a bedroom, and you lose part of that room. Which of those applies to your house is worked out at the first visit, before a price exists.
Will it be warm enough to use in winter?
It will if it is insulated properly, and that is most of what separates a conversion that gets used from one that becomes storage. Insulation at the slope, at the dormer cheeks and at the flat roof over it all has to be right, and it is not the place to save money.
Often booked alongside
House refurbishmentsGET A PRICE
Tell us about your job
Three boxes and a photo if you have one. We price it in writing, with no obligation.
Where we work from
Based in Oldham, covering Greater Manchester.
07542 569 403
office@akjohnbuilders.co.uk
Oldham, Greater Manchester