Openings · steels · alterations
General building work contractors in Wales
Most fit-outs need some building work first: a new opening, a wall taken out, a doorway moved or a floor made good. We match you with commercial builders who handle the structure safely and leave the space ready for the fit-out trades.
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Options
Types of general building work
New openings
Doorways and openings formed in walls.
Steel beams
Supporting the structure where walls come out.
Blockwork
New walls in block or brick.
Making good
Repairs after alterations and services.
What is included
- New openings and widened doorways
- Removing walls, with steel beams where needed
- Blockwork and brickwork walls
- Concrete floor repairs and new slabs
- Making good after alterations
- Builders' work in connection with other trades
What affects the price
- What the structure is and what is being changed
- Whether an engineer's design is needed
- Access, propping and working hours
- Waste removal and protection of the building
- Approvals from building control and the landlord
Process
How the job runs
Survey and design
Approvals
Propping and alterations
Make good and hand over
How long? Allow time for engineer's design and building control before work starts.
Questions to ask an installer
- Who is designing the structural work?
- Will you handle building control?
- How will dust and noise be managed?
- Is waste removal included?
Rules and safety
Taking out or altering a load-bearing wall needs a structural engineer's design and building control approval. Work on a wall shared with a neighbour may need a party wall notice. Building work is covered by the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015, which set duties for clients, designers and contractors. Check the asbestos survey before cutting into old walls, floors or ceilings.
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Questions
General building work: common questions
Do I need an engineer?
For anything structural, such as removing a wall or adding a steel beam, yes. Your builder can usually arrange one.
Do I need building control approval?
Structural alterations normally do. The builder or engineer can submit the application.
Can the work be done while we are open?
Often, with dust screens and noisy work planned out of hours.
How we look after you
Every job matched by hand to a checked local expert.
Run from South Wales by someone who has worked on the tools in commercial fit-out.
Read by a person
We read every brief ourselves and choose who gets it. No algorithm, no auction.
Checked before they get your job
Insurance and company status checked, plus a Google rating of 4 or more or references we contact.
You know who is calling
We email you the names of the installers we have passed your details to.
We follow up
We ask how the job went. Installers who let customers down are removed.