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Double storey extension in Trowbridge

We are dedicated to expanding your home across two levels. A double storey extension in Trowbridge transforms your living space with enduring precision and thoughtful design.

  • Complete Project Coordination
  • Structural and Finishing Expertise
  • Single Point of Accountability

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Who It's For

Who Can Benefit from a Double Storey Extension

Families Needing More Room

A double storey extension is perfect for families in Trowbridge who feel their home is too small but are not ready to move. This design offers valuable extra space on both levels, with a spacious kitchen or living area down below and additional bedrooms or bathrooms above. We ensure each double storey extension is crafted to blend seamlessly with the original construction, matching brickwork, rooflines, and window details carefully.

Investors Expanding Their Portfolio

For landlords and property investors in the area, a double storey extension can significantly boost rental income and property value. Adding extra floors increases usable space without the stressful expense of relocating, making this a strategic choice. Our team brings over 20 years of expertise to each project, ensuring results that meet the high standards of discerning renters and future buyers.

Homeowners Wanting Extra Space

A double storey extension is a great fit for homeowners seeking to create dedicated spaces like home offices or guest suites. Instead of compromising with smaller extensions, this approach amplifies your living environment significantly. With us managing everything from groundwork to final touches, you'll experience a streamlined process with complete accountability and no unnecessary complications.

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Preparing Your Grounds Before Heavy Groundwork Begins

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Clearing Access Pathways Carefully

Skip wagons require straightforward entry. We examine the shared boundary fence and garden path where mini-diggers must track through, often discovering that shallow water pipes sit right beneath the topsoil. For a double storey extension in Trowbridge, soft lawns turn into thick mud fast if timber track mats are forgotten before mechanical plant arrives on your property. You should clear outdoor pots, children toys, and garden furniture away from side gates. Mud spreads quickly across driveways during damp British autumn mornings.

Locating Hidden Ground Services

Old drawings miss altered pipework. When setting up a double storey extension, hand-digging trial holes protects live electricity cables that feed a distant garage workshop or an unrecorded inspection chamber hidden under brick paving. An unexpected clay soil sewer run can easily force adjustments to pad foundation depths, delaying concrete pours and causing complications with neighbouring drainage runs if discovered late in the schedule. Mark external taps clearly. Our crew verifies every subterranean route with scanners to protect the existing building structure before trenching commences.

Benefits of Expanding Over Two Levels Mucha Construction Ltd

  • Increased Living Space

    A double storey extension adds significant space across both levels, providing far more advantage than a single-level expansion for a similar investment. By extending upwards and outwards as a unified project, we elevate the functionality of your home day by day.

  • High Return on Investment

    A well-built double storey extension can greatly enhance your property's market value, making it one of the most financially wise improvements a homeowner can pursue. Additional bedrooms, bathrooms, and living areas attract future buyers and valuers alike.

  • Architectural Harmony

    Every double storey extension we construct meticulously matches the existing home in terms of brickwork, rooflines, and window designs, ensuring that the addition feels like an integral part of the original property. The work is precise, carefully considered, and made to last.

  • Stay in Your Home

    Families growing or needing more room can achieve everything they desire without the upheaval and expense of moving to a new home. Your living space adapts to your needs on your timeline.

  • Single Point of Accountability

    We handle every trade and every project stage under one roof, from groundwork and structural tasks through to final finishes. This approach avoids the confusion of managing multiple contractors, ensuring consistent quality from start to finish.

  • Customizable Space Design

    Whether you need a larger kitchen combined with an open-plan living area or an extra bedroom with an en-suite bathroom above, we design the layout around your specific needs. The outcome is a home that functions effectively and elegantly at every level.

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In Practice

Real Challenges We Handle for Clients

Managing Structural Requirements

A double storey extension introduces complex structural demands that many underestimate until it's too late. Foundation strengthening, RSJ placements, and integrating new brickwork into existing structures require engineering expertise and practical experience. We evaluate these needs from the beginning, ensuring every structural choice is precise and made for lasting stability. A double storey extension built to our standards doesn't just offer space-it becomes a cohesive, enduring part of your home.

Streamlined Coordination

Clients often struggle with the chaos of coordinating multiple trades throughout a project of this scale, where delays can cause a domino effect. A double storey extension includes groundwork, structural framing, roofing, plumbing, electrical work, and finishing - all needing precise sequencing. We serve as the single point of contact, smoothly coordinating each phase and trade so you never have to worry about chasing updates or resolving contractor issues. A well-managed double storey extension leads to a property completed on schedule, built to your specifications, and finished to the standard you expect.

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Steps to Deliver Your Extension

  1. Consultation and Initial Estimate

    We will meet with you to comprehend the full scope of your project, evaluating site conditions and offering an initial estimate based on what you need.

  2. Design and Planning Approvals

    Our team creates detailed architectural plans for your double storey extension and handles the planning permission and building regulation approvals process on your behalf.

  3. Finalizing Contract and Scheduling

    After approvals are obtained, we solidify the contract with a transparent cost breakdown and a clear project timeline, ensuring each phase of the double storey extension is outlined before we start work.

  4. Construction Works

    We conduct all groundwork, foundation preparations, brickwork, structural framing, and roofing to ensure the new extension complements the current property in structure and appearance.

  5. Installations, Finishes, and Handover

    We oversee all building services, including plumbing, electrical work, heating, and ventilation, followed by comprehensive interior finishing, concluding with a thorough inspection and the formal handover of the completed property.

At Completion

Seasonal Weather Influences On Construction

Managing Wet Soil Excavation

Heavy rain changes trench sides. When executing a double storey extension in Trowbridge, saturated soil collapses without timber shoring, which creates extra muck-away carting from saturated garden plots. Winter trenching needs continuous pumping equipment. Water collecting in exposed footings weakens the load-bearing sub-base, meaning concrete pouring must halt until the wet sludge gets shovelled out cleanly by hand.

Protecting Exposed Roof Structures

Cold winds test temporary tarpaulins. Removing the upper eaves to tie new rafters into an existing roof leaves bedroom ceilings vulnerable, so heavy-duty sheeting must be battened down firmly against sudden storm gusts. Fast morning frost hardens lime mortar too rapidly on the second floor scaffolding lift, preventing external brickwork ties from setting properly without insulated blankets. Storms arrive without warning.

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Our Experience

Integrating Extended Services With Existing Infrastructure

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Upgrading Domestic Water Pressure

Boilers struggle with extra floors. Adding an ensuite directly above an existing downstairs kitchen requires careful calculations of dynamic water pressure, because small domestic combi units cannot supply two morning showers running together. When planning a double storey extension in Trowbridge, unvented hot water cylinders frequently replace gravity tanks stored in tight loft spaces. Copper pipe runs need insulation inside new floor joist notches.

Balancing Consumer Unit Capacity

Old fuse boxes overload easily. Running multiple twin-and-earth cables for first-floor sockets and bathroom extractor fans into an outdated board risks tripping the main breaker switch. Electricians must calculate total load requirements before running armoured cable beneath floorboards. Modern miniature circuit breakers ensure dependable household protection throughout both storeys.

Extending Existing Heating Zones

Cold corners happen without zoning. Heating two stacked rooms from old cast radiators causes lukewarm water at the highest radiator bleed valve, requiring balanced dual-channel thermostat controls across both levels. Pipework must follow joist directions neatly rather than cutting large holes through load-bearing timber supports. Dual-zone valves regulate temperatures independently.

Get in Touch

Discuss Your Extension Project with Us

Two Floors, One Thoughtful Build

A double storey extension is a significant decision for any homeowner, deserving a careful, thoughtful approach to delivery. We view each double storey extension as a meticulously coordinated project, where structural soundness, material choices, and finishing details are consistently upheld from the ground up. With more than 20 years in managing complex residential projects, we know how to expand your home over two levels while maintaining its character. The outcome is a unified addition that feels like a natural part of the existing property.

Single Contractor, Total Responsibility

From the first estimate to final handover, your double storey extension is entirely managed by us. We synchronize all trades involved-from groundwork and structural framing to brickwork, roofing, plumbing, electrical work, and interior finishing-to ensure that phases are completed sequentially without delay or inconsistencies. A project of this magnitude demands precise scheduling and open communication, and our process is designed around these principles, providing you with one point of contact to oversee everything in one go.

Local contact

Contact in Trowbridge

We proudly serve Trowbridge and surrounding areas, including Neston and Bath. Contact us by phone or to get a free estimate in person; we’re here to help.

approx. 25 milesDistance from our base · Henbury

Call us+44 7723 542170Email usinfo@muchaconstruction.co.uk

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What Our Clients Say

A very professional approach to work and a reliable approach to the client. I definitely recommend them.

Dariusz Graeber
Dariusz Graeber5.0

Rzetelna firma, świetne wykonanie i pełen profesjonalizm od początku do końca. Praca wykonana terminowo, solidnie i bez zastrzeżeń - zdecydowanie polecam!

Andrzej Nowicki
Andrzej Nowicki5.0

The work was done proffesionally and i recomend this company.

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