Knock-through walls in Bedworth

Planning your knock-through in Bedworth

Work inside your Bedworth home isn't development, so planning permission doesn't apply — the exception is a listed building, where Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council would need to give listed building consent. Structural work, new electrics and drainage changes come under Building Regulations.

If you have a loft conversion, opening the hallway may break your protected escape route, so the fire strategy needs checking first.
A beam bearing on a wall shared with a neighbour needs party wall notice at least two months before work.
Textured ceilings applied before 2000 should be tested for asbestos before they're cut or disturbed.

Postcode district: CV12
Planning and building control: Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council
From our West Bromwich base: 22 miles

Which option fits your home?

Through-lounge

Joining the front and back reception rooms gives one long room with light from both ends. The wall between them is often load-bearing, and on some houses a chimney breast sits nearby, which needs its own support if it's removed. A partial opening with nibs left either side can be a good compromise on cost and structure.

Load-bearing wall with a steel beam

Where the wall supports floors, other walls or the roof, a structural engineer sizes a steel beam and the padstones that carry its ends. Temporary props hold everything up while the wall is removed and the beam goes in. The steel is then boxed in with plasterboard, usually fire-rated, and skimmed so it looks like part of the ceiling.

What does your knock-through cost in Bedworth?

Prices in Bedworth match the rest of our area: £1,200–£14,000 depending on size and specification. Opening up a 3.5 m load-bearing wall between kitchen and dining room in a semi: usually £4,500–£6,800.

Guide prices for knock-through walls
Option	Guide price	Good to know
Non-load-bearing wall removed	£1,200 – £2,800	No steel, mostly making good
Load-bearing wall with steel beam (up to about 4 m)	£3,800 – £7,500	The usual kitchen-diner or through-lounge
Wide span, chimney breast or multiple steels	£7,500 – £14,000	Bigger steels, more propping and making good

Guide ranges include VAT where it applies. A free survey turns this guide into a fixed, itemised price.

Before you book in Bedworth

How messy is it, and can we stay at home?

You can stay at home, but expect dust and noise for a few days. We seal doorways with dust sheets and zip doors, protect floors, and take rubble straight out to a skip or bags. The two rooms being joined will be out of use, and the kitchen may be too, if the wall involved is the kitchen wall.

Do you cover Bedworth?

Yes. Bedworth (CV12) is about 22 miles from our West Bromwich base and inside the area we cover. Call 0800 088 6248 or send the form on this page to book a free survey.

How much does it cost to knock through a wall?

In the West Midlands, a knock-through typically costs £1,200–£14,000 including VAT where it applies. Removing a non-load-bearing partition is usually £1,200–£2,800. Opening a load-bearing wall of about 3.5 metres between a kitchen and dining room, with an engineer-designed steel, building control and re-plastering, is typically £4,500–£6,800. Decorating and new flooring across both rooms are usually extra.

Will I need permission from the council in Bedworth?

Not for planning — internal work isn't development unless the house is listed. Building Regulations approval is needed for structural work such as removing a load-bearing wall, through Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council or a registered building control approver.

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Other work we do in Bedworth

Use our guide-price tool for a knock-through in Bedworth, then get a fixed price for the agreed specification after the survey.