Does Removing Doors Compromise Regulations?

[Griff]

Good morning all,

 

I've lived in a Taylor Wimpey "Yewdale" house for 6 years now. We’re considering some changes to create more space. A quick win could be removing the kitchen door, which would give us more flexibility for the renovation. However, after a bit of googling I've come across similar posts where there has been mention of a "2 door rule", which implied that 2 doors are required between the kitchen and the bedrooms, otherwise building and/or fire regulations would be compromised? The last thing I want to do is remove a door and if anything was ever to happen, insurance would not cover the damage. The main priority would be to remove the kitchen door, but would we also be able to remove the living room door too?

 

Here is a link to a Yewdale and I've attached the floor plans.

 

Any help and/or guidance on this would be hugely appreciated.

 

Wishing you all well and many thanks.

[nod]

Unles your over three floors there’s nothing stopping you 

[DevilDamo]

Just out of interest, what difference would removing the 2 doors make?

[Griff]

Thank you very much for confirming @nod - looks like the doors will be coming off! Saves us a lot of money as we were going to convert them to pocket doors if there was a requirement to have them.

 

@DevilDamo, the door really eats into the dining space, for example we have to push chairs in to fully open the door, it's quite tedious, especially when hosting. It doesn't feel like we're getting the maximum potential out of the kitchen, there's wasted space in the bottom left corner (when looking at the plans) of the room when the door is open. If we take the door off, we could have some units there and/or put a tumble dryer there. Right now the door can make the kitchen feel a lot smaller than it is, particular when hosting.

[DevilDamo]

9 minutes ago, Griff said:

the door really eats into the dining space

Why not introduce sliding/pocket doors?

[nod]

1 hour ago, Griff said:

Thank you very much for confirming @nod - looks like the doors will be coming off! Saves us a lot of money as we were going to convert them to pocket doors if there was a requirement to have them.

 

@DevilDamo, the door really eats into the dining space, for example we have to push chairs in to fully open the door, it's quite tedious, especially when hosting. It doesn't feel like we're getting the maximum potential out of the kitchen, there's wasted space in the bottom left corner (when looking at the plans) of the room when the door is open. If we take the door off, we could have some units there and/or put a tumble dryer there. Right now the door can make the kitchen feel a lot smaller than it is, particular when hosting.

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[joe90]

Alternatively if you used parliament hinges the door would open back on itself (180’) out the way but was available to shut if you wanted it too 🤷‍♂️