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Hi,
We've started building currently we only have the footings in place but a small section (no more than a meter) either side of the rear fall within 1 meter of the boundary. We've had building control out to inspect and they did raise it as a cause for concern (although the PP stipulated that we only need building control for drainage but obviously they have noticed the boundary issue). As per the regulations this is fine as long as we make it from non combustible materials (Ive emailed them asking for confirmation on this).
We don't want to open a can of worms on this but we do want to conform to building regs can we achieve this using Marley board or some form of fire retardant paint and continue with the timber frame construction or do we need to move the footings in so they don't fall within one meter? Obviously given the fact the footings are already down we would prefer the first option? Like I said its less than 10% of the rear which actually falls within 1 meter all the rest is fine
Thanks
We've started building currently we only have the footings in place but a small section (no more than a meter) either side of the rear fall within 1 meter of the boundary. We've had building control out to inspect and they did raise it as a cause for concern (although the PP stipulated that we only need building control for drainage but obviously they have noticed the boundary issue). As per the regulations this is fine as long as we make it from non combustible materials (Ive emailed them asking for confirmation on this).
We don't want to open a can of worms on this but we do want to conform to building regs can we achieve this using Marley board or some form of fire retardant paint and continue with the timber frame construction or do we need to move the footings in so they don't fall within one meter? Obviously given the fact the footings are already down we would prefer the first option? Like I said its less than 10% of the rear which actually falls within 1 meter all the rest is fine
Thanks