building regs

Hello All I have had a look on the planning portal website but not making much sense. I was just wondering if anyone had any advice before I pay the fee my local council charge for asking them if I need planning permission. I have a semi-detached house with vehicular side access. I currently...

I was wondering if is possible to replace an old sliding doors with an interior bifold between my extension and conservatory. What would be the minimum spec accepted by building control? Thanks

Hello I’m just hoping to get some clarity on what if any building regs I need for a slight garage conversion. I seem to be finding conflicting information online and was pointed in the direction of this site. I’ll include some pictures which have a window one end and a normal garage door the...

I have got planning permission to divide one larger room into two with a timber partition wall ending in the external large existing sliding doors opening (with concrete lintel above). I am struggling to find any construction details for an external timber pier for this dividing wall between...

Hi. I live on a mobile Home park,all year round living, retirement place etc etc. We had a small brick patio where our table and chairs did not fit so we extended the patio out, using composite decking boards, laying the boards directly on top of the original patio and in the end doubling the...

Hi there, grateful for some advice on this query. We purchased our house in 2016, with a little conservatory on the back. Apparently this was built before previous owners bought in 2007, and no building regs in place so We purchased indemnity insurance instead in order to get mortgage agreed...

Hi, Im looking to convert half of my detached garage into a study. I have confirmed with local Building Control and the Planning department that I do not require planning permission or building regs as it conforms with permitted development. Even so I want to build to regulations completely. Im...

Hi I am currently building my own extension and planning permission & building regs are all underway (built to DPC currently). The extension is a two storey side extension with a single storey extension on the side of that. See pic. I am now thinking i should of put in for a two storey on all...

Hello All, I have scoured the interweb for information on designing, planning and eventually building an workshop for myself. I have been granted planning permission to build a 5m x 8m at 3.3m high outbuilding with a flat roof. Now I need to apply for building regulation which is where I am...

Hi all, We are newbies, planning to build our first rear extension. Currently we look to switch from expensive-and-not-very-responsive architects with whom we have started to work on options for our rear extension, to some more affordable architectural design bureaus. One option is to take the...

My local building control are happy for me to install my own woodburning stove, and they'll sign it off within their fee - provided it meets regs. So, I've designed it, but will it pass? Here's my design, any thoughts, constructive criticism or total freakouts from knowledgable DIY'ers or pros...

Does anyone know of any planning permission / building regs issues surrounding excavating one’s garden which leads to a council pavement in order to level it? My grandfather is looking to buy a house which has a patch of grass / garden which is around 3-4m wide running the length of the house...

Hi I've bought an 1880s house with no heating, barely any electrics and a bathroom in an outhouse. The outhouse is connected to the house by a now-rotting wooden porch-like structure. This structure could easily be knocked down and removed and the outbuilding would again be completely separate...

Hello all, I have tried searching for this everywhere but cant find the answer. I wanted to know if, according to building regs, the cooker hood ducting has to go out of the nearest external wall? I plan on having an extractor hood with an external motor so instead of it coming out of the...

Hi all, wondered if anyone can help. I can't seem to find definitive answers online and am dubious about contacting building control and flagging them as to my intentions unnecessarily. We've had a new 5m x 3m log cabin installed in our rear garden and planning to hook up a toilet, hand basin...

Hi all, Me again with my planning questions! I have a single storey flat roof extension at the back of the house, and as I am getting some work done currently(will negotiate a good price), I'm planning to convert this into a pitch roof-due to the fact that the felt is nearly 30years old and...

I know you will have more experience of building regs than I have, and I was wondering if you could give me your opinion on whether this layout would satisfy building regs. I have read somewhere about disabled access, and this is what worries me. The room is 1.4m deep x 1.02m wide. Toilet in...

The spec for our extension states "All cavities to be closed with Termabate or similar" and the builder tried to tell us that the Celotex he used (see photo) was good enough. We argued quite a bit over whether he is following the spec, and he tried to tell us the old this is how it used to be...

Hi New to the forum. Last year I bought a 1890's ish terraced house. The house came with a massive loft that had been converted to a decent (but aged) standard. The solicitor picked up that there were no building regs for the loft, however, the house wasn't being sold as the loft being a room...

Building regs H 2015 says WC branch pipe can have a slope of 18-90mm/m (page 9) which works out as ~1 deg to ~5 deg. Floplast, for example, do stack connections at 87.5 deg (-2.5deg) and 67.5 deg (-22.5) and 45 (-45 deg). Only the first of those meets the regs H so what am I missing? Or can I...