Hi!
We're about to embark on some building work, basically we want to build a new dormer along the rear of the house (approx 12m long) which will create a new window and extra floor space in an existing bedroom, a larger bathroom and a new en-suite.
Our plan is for builders to build the shell of the dormer so that its watertight and then my husband will do all the internal work and knock through to the new shell himself. He will be doing all the insulation for the new dormer, electrics, plumbing etc. There is also other work within the project, moving other bedroom internal walls and insulating the other existing external walls upstairs (an existing front dormer that has very very poor insulation currently) so all the walls and ceilings will be ripped apart - its gonna get messy
!!
My husband is confident of the practical side of all this work, but is unsure about the building regs sign off and how the process works? Could anyone explain the process please?
- Is it possible to have a chat with Building Control depts before we start the work to talk through what we are doing / see if they can pre-empt problems? (we had an informal chat with the planning office - can we do the same thing with building control?)
- Is there a good website you can recommend that breaks down a list of the stages that need signing off by building control?
- Is it purely a case of phoning building control at the appropriate points i.e after the insulation is complete, after electrics are complete etc and waiting for them to come round? Are they usually quick or could they delay the process?
- My husband plans to work his way around the upstairs working on 1 room at a time where possible. So if he started in a bedroom, did the insulation, electrics and knocked through into new dormer would we need to get building control out straight away to sign off that 1 room before we move onto the next room? Ideally we want to get each room finished to plasterboard stage before moving on and starting the next room. Or can we wait until the bedroom, bathroom and en-suite are done and then get building control out, which could be a longish wait as we don't intend to do the en-suite straight away.
Sorry this is long, I wanted to try and give all info you may need to help thank you in advance.
Claire
We're about to embark on some building work, basically we want to build a new dormer along the rear of the house (approx 12m long) which will create a new window and extra floor space in an existing bedroom, a larger bathroom and a new en-suite.
Our plan is for builders to build the shell of the dormer so that its watertight and then my husband will do all the internal work and knock through to the new shell himself. He will be doing all the insulation for the new dormer, electrics, plumbing etc. There is also other work within the project, moving other bedroom internal walls and insulating the other existing external walls upstairs (an existing front dormer that has very very poor insulation currently) so all the walls and ceilings will be ripped apart - its gonna get messy
!!My husband is confident of the practical side of all this work, but is unsure about the building regs sign off and how the process works? Could anyone explain the process please?
- Is it possible to have a chat with Building Control depts before we start the work to talk through what we are doing / see if they can pre-empt problems? (we had an informal chat with the planning office - can we do the same thing with building control?)
- Is there a good website you can recommend that breaks down a list of the stages that need signing off by building control?
- Is it purely a case of phoning building control at the appropriate points i.e after the insulation is complete, after electrics are complete etc and waiting for them to come round? Are they usually quick or could they delay the process?
- My husband plans to work his way around the upstairs working on 1 room at a time where possible. So if he started in a bedroom, did the insulation, electrics and knocked through into new dormer would we need to get building control out straight away to sign off that 1 room before we move onto the next room? Ideally we want to get each room finished to plasterboard stage before moving on and starting the next room. Or can we wait until the bedroom, bathroom and en-suite are done and then get building control out, which could be a longish wait as we don't intend to do the en-suite straight away.
Sorry this is long, I wanted to try and give all info you may need to help
thank you in advance.Claire
