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For what its worth I think you are flogging a dead horse. The wayleave is there so that if anything goes wrong with the pipe the authority responsible for the maintenance can get to the pipe with relative ease without having to knock down your extension. I appreciate you own the land but your home was sold to you with this condition attached. In answer to moving the pipe - again flog that dead horse. You'll need a shit ton of cash, a shed load of time and a miracle. Convert your roof space - it will be cheaper or put an extension onto the back of the house.

I completely agree. Where in the regulations does it say that BC can carry out sample inspections?

Can I just say that where I am a Completion Inspection is a comprehensive inspection of the complete building - dwelling - and inspectors do go into the roof space and do check insulation, lateral restraint straps and roof ventilation - and if necessary thermal image cameras and borescopes are readily available to help with any contentious inspection. The insulation in the walls and floor is also inspected at certain stages and all inspections are logged for future reference. Where - for example during Covid - some inspections were prohibited inspections via Zoom were carried out and photographic and video evidence submitted and logged against the application.

For a two-storey house - no. Just emergency egress windows and a smoke alarm within 3.0m of a bedroom door.

I’m trying to find out where in the legislation it says that in a development a BCO need only inspect a sample of the houses built. I’m not in your jurisdiction so I do not know. Where I am we inspect all works at completion. There is no sampling for completions - that I am aware of.

Do you know where in the regulations it says that only a proportion of houses in a development need to be inspected for a completion? Where I am we inspect all works for a completion. We do have approval type for air tests and sound tests but not completions.

Christ!

BC should pick this up when a completion inspection is carried out. No excuse for not looking.

Called to do an inspection recently - a completion - foreman said everything was complete. Went into the roof space - not a hint of insulation - very red-faced foreman!

Did Building Control not inspect the roof insulation?

A (steel) eaves lintel will most probably not need to have a support for an outer leaf. Can you post some pictures?

Anything that needs commissioning - fire alarm and detection systems, ventilation systems, boilers, stoves UVHWS and so on. EPC. As-Built SAP. Pumped cavity wall insulation guarantee certificate if applicable. ID card for UVHWS installer. Air Test. Pile log if applicable. Timber frame and timber truss structural certificates if applicable. Precast floor slab layout if applicable. Steel lintel certificate if applicable. Posi-Joist layout if applicable. Intumescent paint certificate where applicable.

Yes - there should be records - even if kept by another company.

Ask Building Control. Their inspections will show the construction of the floor.

The fire resistance is obtained by the construction of the complete floor in a typical domestic dwelling. If you want to expose the floor joists you will need to speak to British Gypsum to get a floor build up that will give you the required FR. I suspect you wont be able to.

Use burnt cedar.

…………….Or two layers of A393 on top of each other with the mesh staggered at 100mm centres?

I think his agent or architect or whoever drew the plans needs to read the approved documents in relation to fire safety. Three storey will require a protected stairway or alternative means of escape plus having a staircase discharging into the kitchen is as other posters have said not a good idea - perhaps bordering on dangerous. I suspect a fire engineered approach would be required. On a different note if the I can can see the existing floor plans below the proposed floor plans I would suggest demolition and a complete rebuild. To make that many changes is a waste of time.

The emperor's first set of clothes.

My thoughts so far:

For what it’s worth my tuppence worth: The roof is spanning the wrong way. You’re going to need massive purlins. The kitchen is an inner room to the first floor. The stairs are opening into the kitchen - BC will be looking for separation or a suppression system. No natural light or ventilation to the GF office or utility room. Massive larder and very small utility. Massive boiler room. Narrow garage for two cars. Consider getting out of the car if there is a car in the garage already. Crazy first floor layout and bedroom layouts. Where do you put the bedside lockers? Dressing room is massive. Smaller bedroom is practically useless. You will have a flat roof above part of the larder not below the first floor store. Not convinced with the visuals - too fussy - a maintenance nightmare - is this being built in the US?

Houses have shit layouts and they will have issues with boundary conditions.

If they got rid of the gaps between the houses and made a terrace they should be able to get a couple more units on the site. The only thing holding them back is parking.