nod Posted July 16, 2020 Posted July 16, 2020 Just started Framing on a new site today The first nine have see design error
Reiver Posted July 16, 2020 Posted July 16, 2020 Ooops! ....how did they miss that on the drawings - I thought using CAD was meant to show up stuff like that. May I ask what remedy (if any) is going to be applied?
the_r_sole Posted July 16, 2020 Posted July 16, 2020 (edited) Hah! Have seen this happen before, the danger of only giving a brickie the plan drawing and not the elevation for the window on a stair turn/landing... Edited July 16, 2020 by the_r_sole
nod Posted July 16, 2020 Author Posted July 16, 2020 It does happen But nine Site manager said do your magic ?
dpmiller Posted July 16, 2020 Posted July 16, 2020 was it actually meant to be above- or below- and if below is it just an understair or an open room?
Declan52 Posted July 16, 2020 Posted July 16, 2020 Putting up a set of curtains on that window will be a bit challenging.
Temp Posted July 16, 2020 Posted July 16, 2020 5 hours ago, the_r_sole said: Hah! Have seen this happen before, the danger of only giving a brickie the plan drawing and not the elevation for the window on a stair turn/landing... There is probably a site manager somewhere scratching his head trying to work out why they have run out of small windows. I helped wire an office block once and after fitting all the face plates we had a few floors with one light switch left over. Turns out the plasterers had just plastered over the metal back boxes on those floors. I suggested we use a pipe locator to find them but the electrician I was working for said a hammer and nail worked better. You just hammer it into the plaster until you hit a metal back box then call the plasterers back to fix all the holes ?
DevilDamo Posted July 17, 2020 Posted July 17, 2020 What is the point or purpose of the window? Wouldn’t it have been better to just not have it?
Temp Posted July 17, 2020 Posted July 17, 2020 3 hours ago, DevilDamo said: What is the point or purpose of the window? Wouldn’t it have been better to just not have See the post by @the_r_sole The thinking is they only intended the window on the landing/first floor.
DevilDamo Posted July 17, 2020 Posted July 17, 2020 2 hours ago, Temp said: See the post by @the_r_sole The thinking is they only intended the window on the landing/first floor. But it’s obscured glazed and is in very close proximity to the neighbouring flank wall so offers little, if any light!?! Just seems a little pointless.
ProDave Posted July 18, 2020 Posted July 18, 2020 16 hours ago, DevilDamo said: But it’s obscured glazed and is in very close proximity to the neighbouring flank wall so offers little, if any light!?! Just seems a little pointless. It would have to be a fireproof window wouldn't it being that close to the neighbour?
DevilDamo Posted July 18, 2020 Posted July 18, 2020 It would depend on where the boundary line is. If the access shown belongs to the house on the right, then it looks like the neighbouring house is 1m away!?! If so, you can generally have as many windows and openings as you like (under BR’s of course). Any window within 1m would need to be made fire resisting and have no openings so permanently fixed shut. Although those latter requirements may have already been set by Planning anyway.
Reiver Posted July 18, 2020 Posted July 18, 2020 The OP's pic looks very much like an opening window to me
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