Pia Building Services

When converting a Garage, you will need to get in touch with your local Building Regulations Department. This will ensure that the work carried out is fully compliant with current building codes, work normally involves insulation of all external wall and roof space areas and depending on the age of the properties, roof ventilation and floor insulation may also be required. New electrical wiring for lighting and power points will be installed by a qualified electrician. And plumbing work carried out to plans. Garage door to be removed after majority of work is completed and brick wall to be constructed from ground to window sill height with new windows fitted and new door opening created. Wall and ceiling will be prepped for plasterboard for a skim finish. Lastly all final fixes of electrical and plumbing will be carried out and final inspection is done by Building Control to check the work carried out fully complied to NHBC regulation and sighed off.

There needs to be at least 2.2m between the top of the floor joists and the bottom of the ridge timber. This is so that there is at least 2m of headroom once new floors and beams etc have been fitted. You should also consider the headroom throughout the majority of the room. This is what is deemed a comfortable height.

When converting a Loft, you will need to get in touch with your local Building Regulations Department.

10 Stage Conversion

Stage 1
Scaffolding is erected to provide independent access to the loft.
Stage 2
Structural beams are installed into party walls to form independent timber floor support and front roof elevation with dwarf wall.
Stage 3
If dormer conversion the structure is built. If non dormer loft conversion at this stage Velux windows are installed.
Stage 4 Complete roof tiling to both new dormer and front roof elevation.
Stage 5 Build interior patrician, doorways and ceilings.
Stage 6 First fix plumbing and electrics
Stage 7 Floor and wall insulation.
Stage 8 Create new access staircase between loft conversion and first floor.
Stage 9 Plasterboard throughout and finally finish with a plaster skim.
Stage 10 Final Fix Plumbing Electric

Final inspection is done by Building Control to check the work carried out fully complied to NHBC regulation and sighed off.

Family business running for 15 years. Initially started building a portfolio in properties which required knowledge in building sector and throughout the years in business we noticed there is a shortage trades people in this sector. We required trades people to fulfil our needs that was a struggle and so we best decided it would better suited to create a business of professional trades people from within our company. We work on commercial and domestic refurbishment projects based in Leicestershire.

For new build, or extensions on properties still under guarantee, we can offer an LABC Warranty.

Work-life balance
Company culture
Great expectations
Goal-oriented leadership
Quality benefits
Creativity
Vision
Learning New skill

Family run business of renovating residential proprieties

Reliable polite and friendly quality standard of work.
When we start a job we don't leave till job is finished.
Some trades take on more than they can chew and leave clients for weeks with no work activity working on multiple site.
We take payments on multiple stage throughout progress of work no large lump sum.
We give guarantee on our work if any problems were to occur will fix it.

We take safety measure providing sanitizers and correct PPE on site