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Short guides for families adding two floors at once: escape windows, stairs, first floors over garages and living at home while the work goes on.
Can you live at home while a two storey extension is built?
Most families stay at home while a two storey extension goes up. The hard stretches, how to set up a temporary kitchen, crane day and what prefab changes.
Fire escape window regulations for a new upstairs bedroom
Fire escape window regulations for a bedroom in a two storey extension: the minimum opening, sill height, where the window can be, and the alarms you need.
First floor extension: building a room on top of what you have
A first floor extension over a garage or single storey room: the structural checks, planning, typical 2026 costs and whether a prefab upper floor helps.
Where do the stairs go in a two storey extension?
Stairs in a two storey extension: why most use the stairs you have, when a new one is needed, and the limits for rise, going and headroom.
Get a quote for your two storey extension
Start with the postcode. Four short questions about the extension follow, then your contact details.
We are an introduction service, free to you, and we do not build. Once we have found a firm near you that puts up two storey extensions, we tell you who it is, and your details stay put until you give the go-ahead.
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- We search for a firm that puts up two storey prefab extensions in your part of the country, then get in touch to tell you who it is.
- Nothing goes to that firm unless you agree.
- The firm visits, looks at the ground and the access for a crane, and prices the job. We never send marketing.