convert utility room to kitchen

[bizzielizzie]

Hi all,
I'm wanting to convert a 2year old utility room at the rear of my garage extension into a kitchen. It is joined to the side of the house & accessed from my existing kitchen,is approx. 6.25sq.m.& 2.5m high, the walls are brick, the 2 outer walls single skin,dividing wall to garage single skin, the other is house wall(double skin). The roof void is insulated, there is an opening window on 1 outer wall 1.5m wide x 1.0m high, floor is concrete.Drainage is in place as I have washer already in there. It will be solely for cooking not an eating area.
I've been told I need building regs., but as I'm not doing any structural work is this so & why?
Any helpful comments much appreciated!

 

[gemwright82]

Hi,

You would need building regs as you're changing a non-habitable area into a habitable one. You would need to achieve the current regulations for Part L: Conservation of fuel and power. The government are keen on us all keeping in as much heat as possible, so we have to make sure the extensions/alterations we do are in line with the regulations.

To do this you would need to line the utility room with a thermal liner or add a cavity using another skin of block to the internal face to achieve a U-Value of 0.35 W/m2K.

Speaking to block or thermal liner companies would help to find out how much space this would take up.

Hope this helps

 

[bizzielizzie]

Thanks! Thats a great help.