what are the guidelines?
external stair regs?
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If you insist on making your stairs external, technically they'll need to comply with Part M http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/Pp...gportal.gov.uk/uploads/br/BR_PDF_ADM_1999.pdf I've worked on a few houses like this and never had the stairs external only inside whereby you'd only need to comply with Part K http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/Pp...gportal.gov.uk/uploads/br/BR_PDF_ADK_1998.pdf
Building Control might allow them to be Part K compliant on the outside as the regs do have some scope for flexibility but its not something I've ever enquired about though.
Following your thread in the Building section you'll probably want to browse Part B too http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/en...artb/bcapproveddocumentsb/bcapproveddocbvol1/
Building Control might allow them to be Part K compliant on the outside as the regs do have some scope for flexibility but its not something I've ever enquired about though.
Following your thread in the Building section you'll probably want to browse Part B too http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/en...artb/bcapproveddocumentsb/bcapproveddocbvol1/
ok so that screw me a bit..
need an 900 long "landing" at no more than 1.8m height.. and being 2.9m to the top landing that's going to make the stais unfeasibly long..
no more than 150 rise either.. that makes it 20 steps ( at least that make it easier.. 10 to the landing at 1.45m then 10 more to the top landing....)
280mm minimum tread makes it longer too.. unless I can use undercut steps, but I don't like those..
that makes it a 6.6m long staircase to the top level, then a top landing of a meter to the front door.. that's 7.6m.. and the whole flat is only 8m long..
so it's either extend the steps out past the flat footprint or put a turn in.. and I wanted to keep the stairs straight..
as this is a dwelling with no ground floor do these regs apply? they don't if I build the garage first then extend it..
do I still need to make the steps compliant if I provide alternate access round the back to the front door?
I was thinking that since this is for a sloped site ( or a site with 2 distinct levels ) then to access the back garden I was going to make an access to the left of the front door ( where the top low wall part is ) and have a pathway to the rear garden..
can't I just provide a lift ?
need an 900 long "landing" at no more than 1.8m height.. and being 2.9m to the top landing that's going to make the stais unfeasibly long..
no more than 150 rise either.. that makes it 20 steps ( at least that make it easier.. 10 to the landing at 1.45m then 10 more to the top landing....)
280mm minimum tread makes it longer too.. unless I can use undercut steps, but I don't like those..
that makes it a 6.6m long staircase to the top level, then a top landing of a meter to the front door.. that's 7.6m.. and the whole flat is only 8m long..
so it's either extend the steps out past the flat footprint or put a turn in.. and I wanted to keep the stairs straight..
as this is a dwelling with no ground floor do these regs apply? they don't if I build the garage first then extend it..
do I still need to make the steps compliant if I provide alternate access round the back to the front door?
I was thinking that since this is for a sloped site ( or a site with 2 distinct levels ) then to access the back garden I was going to make an access to the left of the front door ( where the top low wall part is ) and have a pathway to the rear garden..
can't I just provide a lift ?
If access is possible to rear then that would be ok.
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great, now all i have to do is win the lottery and get the shop owner to sell to me so I can flatten it and build my own there instead..
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