Not every building project is a full extension or loft conversion. Widening a doorway, taking out a chimney breast, converting a garage or building a garden retaining wall can all change how loads travel through your home. Building Control will usually need structural calculations showing that the new work is safe and properly supported.

Teign Designs provides structural calculations by a chartered civil engineer (CEng MICE) for homeowners, builders and architects across Teignbridge, Torbay, and South Hams.

Steel beams and wall removal, loft conversions and house extensions each have their own page: steel beam calculations, loft conversion calculations and house extension calculations. This page covers the other residential jobs.

What’s included

  • A site visit to check the existing structure and how loads can be carried down
  • Sizing of lintels, beams, joists, timbers and supports for the new work
  • Padstones, bearings and foundation details where needed
  • Clear structural calculations and professional CAD drawings for your builder and Building Control
  • A package ready to send to Building Control, with any of their questions answered

Common jobs

  • New or widened door and window openings, and lintels
  • Chimney breast removal, including support for the stack above
  • Garage conversions
  • Removing or altering roof timbers
  • New floors and floor joists
  • Timber frame structures
  • Garden retaining walls

Working with your builder or architect

If you already have a builder or architect on board, Teign Designs works alongside them so the structural design fits their plans and the build runs smoothly. If you are at an early stage, the calculations and drawings give your builder a clear basis to price the work.

Why use a chartered engineer?

Chartered status means the design is checked to recognised professional standards. That gives you, your builder and Building Control confidence that the work is right first time.

Get a quote

Call 01626 331416 or email info@teigndesigns.co.uk, ideally with a few photos of the area and a rough sketch of what you’d like to do.