What can D & I Associates help me with?
We can assist you with any of the following:
Renovations and additions:
- Adding a skylight.
- Adding or extending a room to the existing structure.
- Demolishing of walls to create an open-plan space or increase room size.
- Assessing/understanding the wall that needs to be demolished, whether it’s a load-bearing wall and relevant requirements.
- Removing or demolishing a support column.
- Extension of a house by demolishing an external wall, creating more space by going up a floor, demolishing a first floor/roof slab.
- Adding on an external entertainment area.
- Introducing covered parking.
- Creating or adding another room on your first-floor area by introducing a slab/covering up to create an additional bedroom, etc.
- The addition of garages.
- Introduction of a sliding door.
- Advice/consulting on joining existing and new roof connections when an additional room is being introduced on the first floor.
Reports and solutions on existing structures:
- Boundary walls that are falling apart.
- Internal, and external walls that are cracking.
- Ground floor, first floor, and roof slabs that are cracked.
- Water seepage/entering causing damage and water leaks.
Significant renovations:
- Converting a single storey to a double storey.
- Look at existing foundations and existing walls which were built with a single storey in mind.
Staircases
- Changes to any of the existing ones, replace, alter, change from concrete to steel, the introduction of another staircase, or the addition of a fire escape staircase.