OK so recently we have had the Part P regulations fiasco, Part L which means that we are going to be living in unventilated boxes, and no doubt a string of other regs that aren't in our best interests.
Now I read that the EU is imposing itself on our building regs, this time against the humble housebrick.
Yes, apparently in the interests of European harmonisation, the UK standard brick of 215x102.5x65mm is now wrong, and we have to conform to the new European standard brick of 215x100x65mm (surprisingly, identical to the "Napolean" standard brick, as defined back in Napoleonic France).
2.5mm. 1/10th of an inch. Because of that, all the brick companies have to retool at massive cost, and all the brickies are going to have to readjust (amazing the difference 2.5mm makes to your hands).
Whatsmore, this is going to apply from 1st of June so anyone building houses that have not been finished by then, in the UK brick size, will need to reapply for planning permission due to the invisible difference in brick size or face fines and/or demolition.
Now I read that the EU is imposing itself on our building regs, this time against the humble housebrick.
Yes, apparently in the interests of European harmonisation, the UK standard brick of 215x102.5x65mm is now wrong, and we have to conform to the new European standard brick of 215x100x65mm (surprisingly, identical to the "Napolean" standard brick, as defined back in Napoleonic France).
2.5mm. 1/10th of an inch. Because of that, all the brick companies have to retool at massive cost, and all the brickies are going to have to readjust (amazing the difference 2.5mm makes to your hands). Whatsmore, this is going to apply from 1st of June so anyone building houses that have not been finished by then, in the UK brick size, will need to reapply for planning permission due to the invisible difference in brick size or face fines and/or demolition.
