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  1. I live in a semi detached dormer cottage and my next door neighbour is applying for planning permission to take the roof off his property and build up approx 1 metre to give himself more headroom. My chimney is built into the gable end and will then be not high enough. Is the architect and builder duty bound to extend my chimney to the required height for it to work as it should ?
  2. Hi, thank you for your reply, The house and integral garage was built in 1987 with the garage space being used as a bedroom in 1990. The same building regulations applied at the same time as both were carried out. At this period there was no requirement for insulation under the ground floor to the house in any part. There was no requirement for insulation to the cavity wall in any part of the house. A minimum of 100mm of loft insulation was required for the loft area.My neighbour was the head of building control for this area at the time and he says that as the garage is integral and part of the building envelope it was not exempt from building regs at the time.so the garage part of the house was built to the same requirements as the rest of the habitable house. Electrical lights and sockets were installed at the build stage.So how would it not be classed as a habitable space ?. Would be grateful to hear your thoughts
  3. Hi, thank you for your replies. My next door neighbour was actually the head of building control at the time of the build. He has now retired. His advice to me was as the garage was not exempt from building control it met the requirements for building regs the same as any room on the ground floor. The fact that i chose to call it a garage was my choice and i could have called it a bedroom albeit with a garage door in place !. So it was therefore not a conversion or change of use !. Your thoughts would be most welcome !
  4. In 1987 when i built the house there was no requirement to have any insulation in any cavity walls, No requirement to have insulation in any ground floor and i believe a minimum of 100mm of loft insulation to the house. So the house and integral garage satisfied the building reg requirements of the day in 1987. In 1990 when I infilled the garage door the same building regs requirements were in place. So I believe even though I did not get building control out to inspect the 1990 work it already had the build regs requirements from 1987 and i dont need a certificate !
  5. Hi, would be grateful for your views on below. I am in the process of selling my house and the solicitor requires a building control certificate for the work I did to my garage. I built my house in 1987 with an integral garage. The garage was not exempt from building regulations and so therefore the fabric of the garage matched the fabric of the rest of the house. ie the floor, walls and roof to the property are all of the same specification and were inspected by building control at the time of build. In 1990 . There was access to the garage from inside the house. In 1990 i decided to take out the garage door and build a wall and insert a window into the opening were the garage door was and plaster the walls. I also raised the floor to match the height in the rest of the property and began using the room as a bedroom.I believe that as the fabric of the garage was approved when the house was built any work I did after was not a conversion but an improvement of the space. The trouble is it was not a requirement for a building control completion certificate to be issued when the house was built. !. Should I spend £400 for the Local building control to come out and issue a certificate for something I dont need !. Or do I !
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