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Loft completed with sail cloth hardiplank

Another huge 6m by 6m loft conversion nears completion

November 2, 2021 Greg Nelson

Haven’t posted for a while because been so busy with doing lofts this year so a quick post just to go though what’s been going on at CLC in 2021.

So we were commissioned to carry out a loft conversion at Defoe Rd this conversions was a big one with a flat dormer en-suite and some alterations to walls and making new openings downstairs.

The loft conversion also incorporated new cupboards in the sloping part of the roof and two large flying mullion windows and a pair of Keylite windows side by side.

So below we can see a few images of the loft at different stages of the build I will update these fully when the bathroom is complete next week.

We have all been carry out many garden rooms through our sister company CLS but will post on our other website and link back to this post.

Loft being fitted with multi foil and first fix electrics

Staris fitted with spindles and balustrades — Stairs fitted with spindles and balustrades

Loft plastered with side by side Keylite windows

We can see the loft on construction at various stages of the build the build took around 3 months as there were walls to move downstairs and openings to cut out but as we can see the end result is outstanding if you would like a quote for a conversion like this don’t hesitate to contact us

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Nationaltradesmen.co.uk

January 18, 2021 Greg Nelson

Nationaltradesmen.co.uk is a new service which aims to join up tradesmen within the industry with contractors builders and large construction companies our online service also allows carpenters, bricklayers, plumbers, CSCS card holders, CPCS card holders and everyone else in the construction industry to create a profile to be searched for by potential employers.

The site also allows tradesmen companies and all other users to create a free business listing in our construction listing pages

The site also provides regular construction news which is updated daily with current articles on the construction industry including innovation in construction and some of the latest products available to tradesmen and those working in construction.

Employers can also post construction jobs and search for tradesmen they can do this by filtering tradesmen by specific tradesmen categories and by specific skills related to that category, for instance carpentry has many different types of specialism like shoplifting carpenters or timber framing carpenters so employers can specify the exact skills they require for the job.

Our main aim at Nationaltradesmen.co.uk is to help tradesmen to find local work and help employers fill vacancies with our tradesmen jobs searching service which is among the best in the United Kingdom.

Tradesmen can use the site to post their CV site managers and quantity surveyors can register as there is a professionals section on the site as well as a Tradesman job which is our main user engagement area on the website which every user also has a candidate dashboard to organise and manage their job applications job alerts.

Employers and tradesmen can also message through the site at no cost and set up job alerts so when a job with their particular skills become available an email is sent to their registered email address so they can apply for a new job when they wish.

Tradesmen and employers can also use nationaltradesmen.co.uk forums to discuss their certain trade areas with other users with particular sections relevant to their trade including bricklayers areas, carpenters areas, scaffolders areas, roofers areas, decorators areas and many other sections for users to express their views.

Companies and contractors can also apply to have a free advertising on nationaltradesmen.co.uk as a special offer we are offering a free 300px by 300px advert on out website with one lucky company being able to advertise free for one whole month on our home page which is worth £320 a month please see our website for details of this offer which is running throughout 2021, please use the contact link at the end of this article.

Employers can post their first three jobs for nothing and after that the jobs packages start at just £5 per job which is extremely reasonable as we now have over 20,000 visitors per month through natural search and our social media presence if you wish to connect please use our social media links below.

Despite the growing concern over the economic out look during Covid, construction has carried on remaining a key driver behind jobs and other industries around construction have carried on so 2021 looks to be another good year for construction with high levels of employment and with tradesmen jobs in particular on the rise are a safe haven for those with the skills to carry on through what will be bumpy year for many other industries.

Nationaltradesmen.co.uk has enjoyed year on year growth with many tradesmen and employers signing up, and many advertisers also seeing benefits of advertising with us.

MBMS Ltd a growing shoplifting company and fit out specialist adversities on nationaltradesmen.co.uk and its enquires literally went through the roof with %1000 increase in work leads within the first three months of advertising with Marcus Bealby managing director commenting say that: “Since placing a small advert with nationaltrademen.co.uk we were inundated with calls which we did not expect as initially it was free for the first two weeks, we are still running it nearly a year later and we have never been so busy even with the pandemic at our door”.

With the rise of online learning and many finding work online, nationaltradesmen.co.uk has found a niche in finding local work for tradesmen and women in the construction industry without charging the worker to be registered on the site, we do this by an interesting mix of news and advertising through banners and company listings and charging a small amount for employers, contractors and builders to post jobs on the site if you just want to register as a worker or employer just use this link register here.

If you would like to talk to us about your construction service this could be a new product or innovation and want a paid blog post we can also do this our mailing list has also grown to over fifteen thousand and we have a weekly news bulletin that goes out with over a %90 open rate.

If you need to request a service you can contact us or just simply email us at admin@nationaltradesmen.co.uk thanks for reading.

Gregory Nelson CEO and founder.

Timber frame extension

Timber framed extensions keep on coming

March 31, 2020 Greg Nelson

Well seeing as we are all stuck indoors for a while though I would post some picture of our most recent project below we can see work on a new extension stating the project is a timber framed extension with large slide and fold doors with a roof lantern.

Mini digger excavation for new foundations

We were commissioned to build a single story timber framed extension with massive slide and fold doors.

The shuttering you can see helps us keep the required width 450mm and the required depth 750mm and keeps a nice straight line and you might also spot the laser in the back ground this means the shuttering goes in level within 0.3mm tidy hey.

Here we can see the foundation with the shutters removed to show the correct width, depth and levelled in correctly.

Here we can see the first layer of blinding before the Dpm goes down we can also see the brick vents to provide ventilation for the floor

brick work with timber frame — Brick work with timber frame

Here we can see the brickwork installed and the timber frame sitting on the sole plate.

Here we can see the 9 inch brick wall backfilled with Dpm and a blinding of sand and cement onto of a 2000gsm membrane the joists sit in hangers with Dpm behind them so stop moisture ingress.

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CLC completes another conversion

January 6, 2020 Greg Nelson

CLC have been carrying out many extensions and loft conversions though 2019, to much to put on the site so we will just focus on Wind-rush Rd where we were commissioned to carry out a loft conversions for a lovely couple. The conversion consisted of steel beams sitting on the outer walls to take the new joisted floor, ashlar walls and rest of the conversion.

Above we can see the joisting installed with ashlar walls with the insulation being placed within the floor we also had to install new 140mm rafters to take away the existing fink trusses.

Here we can see the celotex installed with lighting ring installed we can slo see the flue for the boiler which needs to be boxed in we can also see the velux installed.

Here we can see the installation of the stiar case which was particularly tight this is an open tread staircase we can also see the ashlar walls with structural ply installed.

Here we can see the stairs in the opening and the purlin to take the above rafters.

Here we can see the landing being built.

Here we can see the open tread stairs installed and protected

Here we can see the loft ready for plastering

Cupboards built to gain access to flue and storage

Here we can see the cupboards built to gain access to the storage space and flue.

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November 2, 2019 Greg Nelson

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Garden Rooms

Cart lodges in Ipswich Suffolk

August 27, 2019 Greg Nelson

Complete loft conversions has started another side to our existing company CLC, as we kept getting asked to build more garden rooms and cart lodges in and around the Ipswich Suffolk area, we decided to have a dedicated arm just building cart lodges and car barns.

Our new business is called CLS, short for Cart Lodges Suffolk and will be part of the Combination group of companies, which will specialise in traditional Oak Crucked frames built with traditional tendon joints with Oak pegs mixed with modern building techniques.

CLS will carry out all of the work as a complete service this will include the brick work, carpentry , plumbing, electrics, heating systems, roofing, all in one place.

We will also specialise in garden rooms and outdoor spaces including cedar, larch, composite cladding, hardiplank, accoya, render and any other suitable outside material you wish to use to clad your garden room with.

We are currently offering the following sizes in garden rooms as an off the peg solution these include the following sizes.

Widths: 2.4m to 8.4m
Depths: 2.4m to 4.5m
External Height up to: 2.5m

We can excavate and install your concrete base for your cart lodge or garden room using the following methods.

Trench foundation (suitable for cart lodges)
Concrete base (suitable for garden rooms and cart lodges)
Existing base (suitable for garden rooms)
Precast concrete plinths (suitable for garden rooms)
Concrete piles (suitable for garden rooms and cart lodges)

We can work off your drawings or we can assist you with drawings most garden rooms will come under permitted development and will not need planning or building control because they are not considered as permanent structures.

Most cart lodges, car barns and granny annexes are carried out under permitted development but because they are over 2.5m high, and are permanent structures you will need to submit plans to your local authority and you will need building control from your local authority as this will be a permanent structure and will need drainage and possibly living areas will need insolation lighting heating and other services all of which can be carried out, by our accredited employees and contractors on behalf of CLS.

We carry out the following types of car barns, cart lodges and granny annexes.

One bay cart lodge (With no accommodation)
Two bay cart lodge (With no accommodation)
Three bay cart lodge (With accommodation)
Three bay cart lodge (With accommodation and gym)
Garden room home gym
Garden room with office

We can build any type of timber framed building or barn using Oak or just timber frame with sheathing OSB these can be to your exact specification or following one of our existing designs.

If you wish to make an inquiry about any of our services or wish to have a site visit regarding your property and the suitability of either a cart lodge or garden room please visit Cart Lodges Suffolk for more information.

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Timber framed porch extension project

October 12, 2017 Greg Nelson

We have been busy as ever, but managed to fit in this lovely letter porch extension with external cladding to either side, this modernised the whole look of this 1960s detached house.

We were commissioned to build the porch bay extension, but ended up changing the construction method to timber frame from block and brick for a few reasons which included.

Quicker to erect
More installation could be installed
Services would be easier to install
Better grounding for the triple glazed windows
Simplicity of build

We started by pouring the foundations but these had to be poured into a DMP because of nearby tree roots.

NOTE: If you are thinking of building and extension please be aware that any leylandii trees may need to be removed if they are within ten meters of you new build.

Then as we can see from the image below we build a cavity wall with 100mm thermalites up to damp course.

We then attached the damp course to the underside of the 180mm cls and fixed with sleeved fixings to create our sole plate.

As we can see from the image above all the construction took place without the need to expose the inside of the building unnecessarily, we also used 180mm timber so we could reach the U values with 180mm celotex.

We then constructed the timber frame with is clad with sterling board and breathable membrane this is for the windows to sit on as we can see by the image below.

We then had to wait for the windows to be built and fitted, then we could continue with the build by erecting the roof which sits on a plate at the top and a 75 mm cls on the window frame.

We then have the basic construction of the roof which was then membraned and tiled we also clad the timber frame and the sides of the extension with hardiplank could sail cloth for the modern look, we also added a cant brick plinth with lead flashing which was not on the drawing as this looks better.

The existing windows inside were removed and the dwarf wall cut away to make the new bay inside the main front room.

We can now see the finished article apart from some tidying up and below is the inside where we were asked to install a brushed oak hardwood floor.

This project came in on time and with budget although, as always we were asked to do lots of extra work which was not on the drawing which we are always happy to do.

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Work continues on huge rear dormer for Complete loft conversions

April 16, 2017 Greg Nelson

Haven’t posted for a while as been extremely busy with a large flat roof dormer on a Victorian detached property in Foxhall Road Ipswich for an extremely pleasant client and there family below we can see the front of property.

We were commissioned to convert the current three bedroom home, into a four bed-roomed three storey loft conversion with stunning views over Ipswich.

We have currently installed the new floor stairs, steel flat roof and clad the cheeks of the dormers with finer cent slate which can be vertically hung.

The loft conversion will incompass a large bedroom with good sized en-suite and a custom built walk in wardrobe over 30 square meters of conversion with side and fold rear doors to a stylish glass Juliet balcony we have also installed three velux and reproofed the entire front of the property with the existing welsh slate.

As we can see from the picture the whole roof has been stripped of slate for the rear dormer and from the front to be membraned as there was no felt

Below we can see the main room of the conversion from the bifold door postion

We have also insulated the flat cold roof with 160mm celotex and the exterior walls with 100mm and the internal walls with 70mm.

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Complete Loft Conversions starts another conversion

February 20, 2017 Greg Nelson

Complete loft conversion have started another conversion on a one hundred year old property for our new clients the loft will have three velux roof windows in the front and a huge dormer window at the back.

I haven’t posted for a while because we have had issues with the website and Talk Talk who were handling our business broad band (badly) I would not recommend them in a million years.

Anyway we are still converting lofts in and around the Ipswich Suffolk area along with other projects including Foxhall rd which we have installed new floor, stairs and steels ready for the massive 6 meters dormer clad with slate on the back of the property.

The floors concept of 8×2 C24 timbers sitting on the external walls and the internal load bearing walls to accept the 22mm caber floor.

As we can see from the images the loft is a hand cut roof with no felt so the whole of the roof is being membraned while the scaffold is up.

As the property is over 100 years old and the chimney stack is still in use we needed to provide a 90mm x 90mm post to hold the ridge beam up.

For more on information on New regulations for loft insulation please follow this link.

We will keep updating the site with more info once we break into the roof.

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Pardoe Place Ipswich loft conversion completed

August 22, 2016 Greg Nelson

Complete loft conversions Ipswich have completed another loft conversion this one was a large 5 meter dormer construction with one roof window and fully kitted out en-suite.

Below we can see the glulams being installed and the ashler walls erected before taking out the finik trusses.

Here we can see the next stage of construction the joists between the gluelams and the chipboard floor being installed.

After the timber floor is installed we installed the stair case to gain complete access to the loft.

Once the stair case has been fitted the the internal walls can be erected.

Once the internal work is completed we erect the scaffold and break through the roof and create the flat dormer as seen below.

We then build the dormer and dormer cheeks and put the facias and soft on then we also cald the top deck and felt the roof so we are water tight.

As we can see below the dormer is built and water tight but not clad we need to put in the windows which and take a month on order before doing the cladding.

We also needed to put in a velux and ventilation for the cold roof above the dormer to keep the air flowing around the roof space.

We then set about installing the insulation which was 70mm celotex fitted tightly between the joists and rafters and taped with foil tape to stop cold spots.