--- title: Kitchen-diner knock-through with a steel | Brick2Brick UK url: https://brick2brick.co.uk/projects/kitchen-diner-knock-through/ description: A wall and a cupboard taken out and a steel fitted to turn a kitchen and dining room into one kitchen-diner, November 2023, photographed stage by stage. last_updated: 2026-10-16 publisher: Brick2BrickUK Ltd and Fence 2 Fence Ltd --- # A kitchen and dining room knocked into one In November 2023 Brick2Brick UK took out the wall and a cupboard between a kitchen and a dining room, propped the ceiling, fitted a steel and finished the new ceiling, making one kitchen-diner. The photos below show each stage. **When**: November 2023 **The work**: Knock-through, Steel beam, Renovation **Insurance**: Private job ## What was done, step by step 1. ### Before The wall between the kitchen and the dining room, with a doorway through. 2. ### Strip out The old kitchen units next to the wall taken out. 3. ### Wall out, props in Steel props hold the ceiling up while the wall comes out, and the two rooms become one space. 4. 7 November 2023 ### Steel in, ceiling finished The steel beam in place to carry the load, and a smooth new ceiling with downlights across the whole kitchen-diner. > Recent job carried out by the team removing a wall, cupboard and installing a steel to transform this kitchen into a kitchen dining room. Liam · 7 Nov 2023 ## What does a knock-through involve? If the wall holds up anything above, the floor or ceiling is propped first. The wall comes out, and a [steel beam](https://brick2brick.co.uk/guides/glossary/#steel-beam) goes in on [padstones](https://brick2brick.co.uk/guides/glossary/#padstone) at each end to carry the load. The steel is sized by a structural engineer, and the work may need building regulations approval. Then the ceiling and walls are made good, ready for the new kitchen. ## Does Brick2Brick UK do other knock-throughs? Often. In July 2023 the team took out a wall, fitted a steel and blocked up old windows and doors. In April 2025 a knock-through made room for a fridge, washing machine and tumble dryer. And in 2025 another customer had a couple of walls taken out to reshape the downstairs into a kitchen-diner. See [renovations](https://brick2brick.co.uk/renovations/) for those jobs and the customers’ reviews. ## Photos from the job A kitchen wall with a doorway through to the dining room, before it was taken out The wall taken out with steel props supporting the ceiling, kitchen and dining room now one space A smooth new ceiling with downlights across the opened-up kitchen and dining room ## The work on this job - [**Renovations**Knock-throughs, steels and garage conversions](https://brick2brick.co.uk/renovations/) ## Talk to Liam about the job Call or WhatsApp 07805 010927, or send the quote form. Photos of the job help: send them on WhatsApp. [Call Liam 07805 010927](tel:+447805010927) [WhatsApp](https://wa.me/447805010927) [Ask for a quote](https://brick2brick.co.uk/contact/?side=building#quote) --- ## Contact - Phone and WhatsApp: 07805 010927 (+447805010927) - Email: bricktobrickuk@gmail.com - Areas: Worcester, Bromsgrove, south Birmingham and across the West Midlands. Insurance work across the wider Midlands. - Brick2Brick UK: trading name of Brick2BrickUK Ltd, company number 15473508 (England and Wales) - Fence2Fence UK: trading name of Fence 2 Fence Ltd, company number 17037489 (England and Wales) - Insurance: Brick2Brick UK is insured up to £10 million - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100089740392506 (100% recommend on Facebook · 13 reviews)