Knock-through walls in Tamworth

What should you know before starting in Tamworth?

Internal alterations in Tamworth don't need planning permission unless the house is listed. Removing or altering a load-bearing wall does need Building Regulations approval, through Tamworth Borough Council's building control team or a registered building control approver, and a party wall may bring in the Party Wall etc. Act 1996.

Keep the completion certificate and engineer's calculations safe, as a buyer's solicitor will ask for them.
Steel beams usually take one to two weeks to make once the calculations are approved.
If you have a loft conversion, opening the hallway may break your protected escape route, so the fire strategy needs checking first.

Postcode districts: B77, B79
Planning and building control: Tamworth Borough Council
From our West Bromwich base: 15 miles

Which option fits your home?

Kitchen into dining room

A very common knock-through in older houses, creating one sociable room for cooking and eating. It often goes alongside a new kitchen, so the steel position, lighting and sockets are planned with the kitchen layout in mind. Radiators and doors may move to make the most of the longer wall space.

Wide opening instead of full removal

Keeping short sections of wall at each end, or a bulkhead above, lets you open two rooms up while keeping some separation and somewhere to put furniture. It can mean a shorter, lighter steel, and it sometimes gives a better result where the two floors are at slightly different levels or the ceilings don't line up.

Guide prices for Tamworth

Prices in Tamworth 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. Access, parking and the state of what's there now can move the price — the survey settles it.

Before you book in Tamworth

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.

Which postcodes in Tamworth do you work in?

We cover B77, B79 and the streets around them. If you're on the edge of Tamworth, neighbouring Fazeley and Polesworth are covered too.

Will I get a certificate for the steel beam?

Yes. When building control is satisfied, it issues a completion certificate for the work, and you should keep that with the structural engineer's calculations. A buyer's solicitor will ask for both when you sell, as unapproved wall removals are a common problem in house sales. Steel and other products carry their manufacturers' terms, which are set out in your quote.

Does Tamworth Borough Council need to approve my knock-through?

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 Tamworth Borough Council or a registered building control approver.

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Other work we do in Tamworth

Planning a new kitchen too? Tell us both jobs and we'll quote them together, so the steel and the layout fit.