erol_h Posted October 14, 2010 Share Posted October 14, 2010 My house is the 1st house on the street and due to this i have a 3m wide gap between my house and the property wall. Ive recently put down concrete and slabs so i can park my car in the gap. I want to put a roof that will attach to the side of my house and rest on the wall on the opposite side covering the car i will park there. I will need to raise the brick wall i already have by going higher by 3 bricks more. Do i need permission for this kind of work or can i just go full steam ahead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPRALOOPY Posted October 14, 2010 Share Posted October 14, 2010 Is the land yours? Also how high is the wall going to be? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Havard Posted October 14, 2010 Share Posted October 14, 2010 Is the land yours? Also how high is the wall going to be? Sounds like it. Are you building like a concrete car port or are you going to put doors on the front? H. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erol_h Posted October 14, 2010 Author Share Posted October 14, 2010 The house is mine yes ive already ripped of the old wooden fence and fitted a metal gate. Let me just nip out and measure how high the wall is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Havard Posted October 14, 2010 Share Posted October 14, 2010 *taps toes* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erol_h Posted October 14, 2010 Author Share Posted October 14, 2010 ok the wall is currently just a under 6ft and the builder wanted to raise the brick work buy another 1ft so i can park my van under if i wanted to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPRALOOPY Posted October 14, 2010 Share Posted October 14, 2010 If it's already six foot then just do it.. I was thinking like the side view of garden fences etc.. they can't go above 1 meter unless staggered within a certain distance from the front of the house..etc... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Havard Posted October 14, 2010 Share Posted October 14, 2010 I thought that once over a certain height, you had to get planning permission? Where is JP when you need him? H. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPRALOOPY Posted October 14, 2010 Share Posted October 14, 2010 I thought that once over a certain height, you had to get planning permission? Where is JP when you need him? H. Yeahh!! JP get your arse in here NOW:Pling: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erol_h Posted October 14, 2010 Author Share Posted October 14, 2010 if im not wrong a wall over 6ft causes problems ie if some one was to jump over that wall and hurt themselves you could get in trouble. But i will be connecting the roof to that wall so will that still cause a issue for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieP Posted October 14, 2010 Share Posted October 14, 2010 Im sure 6ft 6" is the maxium height of a boundary wall but there are conditions that you cant go that high if its blocking light to neighbours etc. If it was my house i would just do it and take the risk on being caught out, im not advising you do that though. Any pictures of the area? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erol_h Posted October 14, 2010 Author Share Posted October 14, 2010 it wount be blocking any ones light or anything else at that matter. Should i post up a pic if that helps the matter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Havard Posted October 14, 2010 Share Posted October 14, 2010 should i post up a pic if that helps the matter. yay..!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erol_h Posted October 14, 2010 Author Share Posted October 14, 2010 ok i know im going to get my head bitten off but how the fook do i post a pic up im looking at it on google maps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter richards Posted October 14, 2010 Share Posted October 14, 2010 go outside with a camera Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swampy442 Posted October 14, 2010 Share Posted October 14, 2010 go outside with a camera Lol.. Take a pic, save it on your pooter somewhere. Click on the reply button, in the dialog box find the paperclip icon, click that, follow the instructions. Or use photobucket Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Posted October 14, 2010 Share Posted October 14, 2010 http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/uploads/hhg/houseguide.html http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/uploads/miniguides/outbuildings/outbuildings.html http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/england/public/buildingwork/projects/workcommonextensionreal/ http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/england/public/buildingwork/projects/workcommonfenceswallsgates/workmoreppfencewallgate Some infotainment links for you. If you put a roof over it, sitting on the boundary wall (raised or unraised), whadddaya going to do with the rainwater? Also why pay so much for extra brickwork to only raise 3 courses, 225mm? Why not just do that in a timber wall plate and upstand for the joist ends. That way if you do get any planning trouble and are forced to remove it, you'll only be losing some timber. New brick onto old is always going to be visible for many years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aweegin Posted October 15, 2010 Share Posted October 15, 2010 ..I agree with JP. ... though wth doesn't your builder know if it breaks regs or not??? hmmm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erol_h Posted October 16, 2010 Author Share Posted October 16, 2010 here is the pic of my property im also going to have a gutter taking the rain water and drain it onto my drive. I will also be checking with my council before i go ahead with anything to make sure its all above board. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPRALOOPY Posted October 16, 2010 Share Posted October 16, 2010 You'll be fine mate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erol_h Posted October 16, 2010 Author Share Posted October 16, 2010 im still waiting for the exact quote as im getting a quote from 3 different builders but i have been told it should be roughly between 3 to 4k. Its going to start where the 1st post is on the wall stretching across the 3rd post. Im going to have wooden support beem going up each post to help with the load. Also remove the fencing between the 3 posts and brick them up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brett 1 Posted October 16, 2010 Share Posted October 16, 2010 Nice trampoline Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erol_h Posted October 16, 2010 Author Share Posted October 16, 2010 Nice trampoline the pic of the house is from google earth before i bought the house its undergone a few changes since then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Posted October 16, 2010 Share Posted October 16, 2010 I'd still span a timber beam across the pillars and support the roof on that. You'll save loads on the brickwork costs and keep the fences. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erol_h Posted October 16, 2010 Author Share Posted October 16, 2010 the reason i want to fill up with bricks is to make it more secure and less visible to everyone else. Its not in the pic but i have planted trees from the back of the garden all along the wall that stops exactly where the roof is going to be and stops people from seeing into my gardebn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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