Knock throughs in Worthing & West Sussex
Open up the downstairs, properly.
Wall out, steel in, signed off by building control, and finished right through to the floor and the paint. I run it start to finish.
The steel nobody sees
The bit you’ll never look at again is the bit that matters
Once the plaster’s on, nobody sees the steel. So it gets done properly before anything else.
- The steel is sized by a structural engineer. No guessing
- Everything above is propped before the wall comes out, so nothing moves
- Signed off by building control
- Plastering, flooring and making good in the same price
- Floors covered and dust extractors running, inside and out
What it costs
Most knock throughs land between £20,000 and £30,000
I’d rather you knew that before I come round. You get your own figure in writing at the visit.
The engineer’s drawings and building control sit on top of this cost, and I tell you all of this at the start, not at the end of the job.Greg EarlsOwner, Earls Construction
Knock throughs we’ve finished
Littlehampton and East Preston
Katie and Ryan’s kitchen and dining room made one. Tom and Imogen’s 1930s bungalow, opened up at the front and the back.
It’s exactly how we imagined it, with the big open space between the kitchen and the dining room, out to the garden with the doors.RyanKnock through and kitchen, Littlehampton
Honestly, over the moon. We had a vision, and quite frankly I think it’s exceeded our vision.Tom1930s bungalow, East Preston
Trying to live in a small area of the house while the work was going on can be difficult, but you made the effort to clear up as much as possible when you could.RyanBuilding work with a two year old, Littlehampton
How it works
What happens, in order
- Free home visitI come round, walk the job with you and tell you straight what’s possible. No charge, no obligation, no sales pitch.
- One figure in writingPlastering, flooring and painting in the price. For a knock through you hear about the engineer and building control at the start, not the end.
- A real start dateAn actual date in your calendar, not “a few weeks”. Then I run the job and every trade on it, in the right order.
- You see it allPhotos and videos as it goes. If anything turns up once a wall’s open, the job stops and we agree it together first.
Questions
Before you take a wall out
I guarantee my work, and anything supplied and fitted comes with the manufacturer’s warranty.Greg EarlsOwner, Earls Construction
Do I need a structural engineer?
If the wall is holding anything up, yes. The engineer sizes the steel so there’s no guessing. I tell you that cost and building control at the start, so neither is a surprise at the end.
Can we stay in the house?
Most people do. Katie and Ryan lived in with a two year old while we did theirs. I clear up as I go, keep tools out of reach and take away what’s no longer needed, so you get your space back.
How long does it take?
Every job’s different, so you get an actual start date and a timeline at the visit. Tom and Imogen’s kitchen, garage conversion and front room knock through was down as seven weeks, and was done in less.
What if you find something once the wall’s open?
The job stops and we talk it through before anything carries on. Nothing gets added to your bill that you haven’t agreed.
Do you do the kitchen as well?
Yes. Most knock throughs I do make a kitchen diner, so the kitchen refit, plastering, floor and decorating can all go in the same price.
Got a job in mind? I’ll come and look at it for free.
I’ll walk through it with you, tell you what’s actually possible and give you one figure in writing before anything starts. No charge, no obligation, and nobody trying to sell you anything at your kitchen table.
Where I work
I keep every job close to home, from Worthing across to Littlehampton and the villages in between. We live here, so our name is on every job we finish.
- Worthing
- Salvington
- Goring-by-Sea
- Ferring
- Angmering
- East Preston
- Rustington
- Littlehampton