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Hi,
I’m renovating a 3 storey house in Brixton. I’d like to make it a 4 storey building by converting the loft on the 3rd floor.
My problem is Approved Document B of the Building Regs, sections 2.5 and 2.6. These require any newly-created 4 storey buildings to have either two staircases or fire sprinkler systems THROUGHOUT (ie in every bedroom).
I’ve contacted various misting companies and all their quotes are 11-12k.
This is a bit of a shock and a blow. I’d intended to put steel into the loft to create a bedroom and support the removal of two chimneys.
But with this very high cost it’s just not worth it.
Does anyone have any informed ideas on whether there’s any way around this provision? It’s a single dwelling house.
Thanks in advance
Ray Parlour
I’m renovating a 3 storey house in Brixton. I’d like to make it a 4 storey building by converting the loft on the 3rd floor.
My problem is Approved Document B of the Building Regs, sections 2.5 and 2.6. These require any newly-created 4 storey buildings to have either two staircases or fire sprinkler systems THROUGHOUT (ie in every bedroom).
I’ve contacted various misting companies and all their quotes are 11-12k.
This is a bit of a shock and a blow. I’d intended to put steel into the loft to create a bedroom and support the removal of two chimneys.
But with this very high cost it’s just not worth it.
Does anyone have any informed ideas on whether there’s any way around this provision? It’s a single dwelling house.
Thanks in advance
Ray Parlour