building regulations

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, I am not a qualified electrician. I was however told that I could carry out certain work myself by an electrician I know. The work as I understand it, comes under Part P 'Non Notifiable Work'. More specifically, I want to spur of an existing socket to create a new one on the the other side...

Hello, I'm in the process of buying a house built in 1986. The integral garage has been converted to a small room at the front and utility room at the back. They also removed an internal wall in the living room. It was picked up in the survey to check for building regs. The seller has put on the...

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...

My Neighbour has built (I use that term loosely) a conservatory which looks more like an extension, to me its looks a bit too close to my extension? And the plastic roof of theirs is packed with expanding foam which overlaps my tiled roof! See pictures below. Your thoughts. #whatbuildingregs

I am looking to buy a 1860s house that has had work done to it at some point prior to the current owner moving in. The current owner bought the house in 2006, without any record of planning or building regs. I have contacted the council and they have no record either, but that their records only...

Hi all – new member here! I am thinking of buying a Grade 2 listed barn conversion which is approximately 85% complete. It had planning permission granted in 1992. What has been done, seems to have been done to a very good standard, and it's a solid, massive building. The electrics are all...

Hi Everyone, New to the forum and about to buy my first house. This house has a conservatory with no seperation from the main house. So the whole of the ground floor back wall has been removed. Anyway, one side of the conservatory is a dwarf wall and uPVC DG windows which look out onto the...

Hi all, Please see my attached drawing. My daughters bedroom is has eaves so there is a void both sides of the room. I want to build a recessed book case (which I have started) and have it recessed in the wall. I started by cutting a hole in the plaster and then through the kingspan to reveal...

I am currently having a 2 storey side extension built and have encountered a huge issue. The rear wall of the extension meets the upstairs window in the middle. The architect has drawn the window in the wrong position. The builders discovered this at first floor level. We are therefore having to...

Hi all I am planning a single storey extension on the back of my end terrace house. We have just received planing permission and are about to get building reg drawings done. I have now discovered that I may also need a party wall agreement as well. I have done a lot of reading on the matter and...

We are about to start building a new extension which includes a downstairs toilet which is off a utility room. The architect plans/ building control plans don't specify anything about the specification of the new window in the downstairs toilet. Looking at the Planning Portal website it states...

We live in an "upside down" flat over the ground and first floor of a converted warehouse. By upside down I mean the ground floor consists of the entrance, bedrooms (including an exit to a patio) and bathrooms. Upstairs is the living area, kitchen and WC. We want to remove the wall between...

I'm building a single storey extension to my house. I have an architect a separate structural engineer and a builder. My Building control officer has asked for: "Full construction specification for the extension showing compliance with Part B-P is required including the foul and surface water...

I would appreciate some advice for a property my daughter owns. She bought the property in March of this year and decided to move the bathroom from ground floor to the first floor after sectioning off the larger bedroom in the front of the house. The plumbing was done by a gas engineer who also...