Any experts on building regulations please help.
I just bought a victorian terrace dating back to 1882. The house is on a row of over 20 houses. Every house is 2 stories high with a loft conversion. I think the lofts must have been part of the original build as most of them have identical dormer windows and some have increased the size of the front dormer.
My new house has been neglected over the last few years and I have started to fully renovate the entire house. Roof, wiring, plumbing, floors, windows just about everything that needs done is planned.
The roof was the original slate that had been repaired over the years and it was leaking in a few areas. I had the roof stripped out and redone with new slate and at the same time added in 4 new velux to make a large bright loft space which I plan to add an ensuite.
As I was replacing more than 25% of the roof and installing new velux I got building control involved. I thought this was straightforward to inspect the roof and velux but when the inspector came around he started to make stipulations for fire doors on all the doors leading to any of the 2 original staircases, including downstairs lounge and dining room doors plus all the other fire regulations you would expect with a new loft conversion.
The house is a period property with high 10ft ceilings and all the old original doors are currently being dipped to remove over a 100 years of paint with the intention of adding them back. The old door frames will be replaced at the same time to match the doors.
So could anyone tell me if he can enforce his fire regulations on a loft space that has been there possibly since the original build. I have no problems with adding fireproofing to floors and walls and interlinking smoke alarms in all habitable rooms but I really don't want to lose my pine doors. A lot of houses on the row have been turned into flats or HMOs but there are still some original houses like mine that have been renovated with all original doors. I know of one house that sold in 2011 that had been renovated with it's pine doors intact.
Thanks in advance to anyone that can help
I just bought a victorian terrace dating back to 1882. The house is on a row of over 20 houses. Every house is 2 stories high with a loft conversion. I think the lofts must have been part of the original build as most of them have identical dormer windows and some have increased the size of the front dormer.
My new house has been neglected over the last few years and I have started to fully renovate the entire house. Roof, wiring, plumbing, floors, windows just about everything that needs done is planned.
The roof was the original slate that had been repaired over the years and it was leaking in a few areas. I had the roof stripped out and redone with new slate and at the same time added in 4 new velux to make a large bright loft space which I plan to add an ensuite.
As I was replacing more than 25% of the roof and installing new velux I got building control involved. I thought this was straightforward to inspect the roof and velux but when the inspector came around he started to make stipulations for fire doors on all the doors leading to any of the 2 original staircases, including downstairs lounge and dining room doors plus all the other fire regulations you would expect with a new loft conversion.
The house is a period property with high 10ft ceilings and all the old original doors are currently being dipped to remove over a 100 years of paint with the intention of adding them back. The old door frames will be replaced at the same time to match the doors.
So could anyone tell me if he can enforce his fire regulations on a loft space that has been there possibly since the original build. I have no problems with adding fireproofing to floors and walls and interlinking smoke alarms in all habitable rooms but I really don't want to lose my pine doors. A lot of houses on the row have been turned into flats or HMOs but there are still some original houses like mine that have been renovated with all original doors. I know of one house that sold in 2011 that had been renovated with it's pine doors intact.
Thanks in advance to anyone that can help