Building an extension near a public sewer - has anyone any experience of this?

Davesnave

I think the problem is the word 'small' being relative. We did what we thought was a 'small' extension, but it doubled the rear width of the house and sorted the small kitchen problem, as described.

Doozergirl

Davesnave wrote: »

I think the problem is the word 'small' being relative. We did what we thought was a 'small' extension, but it doubled the rear width of the house and sorted the small kitchen problem, as described.

Exactly. Cakeguts has decided what 'small' is. Permitted development will allow up to 8 metres off the back of a house, so that's no clue as to what 'small' is!

The smallest extension we've ever built still doubled the size of the room being extended and completely transformed it.

Small is always a decent room size.

People are usually more guilty of wanting to extend more than they need to, with no real plan of what to fill the space with.

FAB

Thank you all for your very useful replies. A lot of houses on the road have had extensions done and, as someone pointed out, if there was a problem with a sewer, it would be in our interest to allow Thames Water to have access anyway. Thanks again.

FreeBear

Doozergirl wrote: »

People are usually more guilty of wanting to extend more than they need to, with no real plan of what to fill the space with.

"Stuff" has the nasty habit of evolving and filling the available space. Throw in a couple of small children, and the space is never enough.