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Thanks for the replies. I intend to do all my own drawings and go the full plans route instead of buildings notice. (unless you guys recommend otherwise). With constructing my new bathroom in this other room from scratch, what will they be expecting me to cover in my plans and specifications...

That's what I assumed! ...Then you read a thing like in the guidance notes like: 'Floor joists must also be doubled up and bolted together under timber partition walls, and in bathrooms due to the weight of a filled bath additional joists must be provided under the bath' ...Gets your mind...

I have just thought of a few other things to add (The 'doubling up' comes from 'Building Control Guidance Note 7, Page 2) The new bath will be positioned in the corner against 2 load bearing walls and the other load bearing walls are 2.7meters and 4meters away (plus a partition)

I'm swapping my bathroom with a smaller bedroom and trying to decipher the various building regulations that I need to comply with. I'm happy with the requirements of ventilation, electrics and drainage but i'm stumped by the issue of strengthening joists because of the introduction of a bath...