I know this topic has sometimes caused disagreements... I've no dog in that fight, I'm just trying to make sure if I sell my house I don't have a ball-ache on my hands proving my shed isn't non-compliant.
I am planning out my new shed/workshop. It's going to be a timber-frame building on a concrete slab, right by the boundary and within permitted development. Ideally I want to build it 20m2, but then I'll need to meet the rule on "constructed substantially of non-combustible materials". My fallback solution is to build a 15m2 timber-framed shed, as my bricklaying abilities would not make for a good result.
So, to meet the non-combustible rule for a timber-framed shed, do I need to build the frame with timber that has been treated with a fire retardant? I've looked for BS476 "non-combustible" or EN13501 "A1" timber but had no luck - I realise I could be looking for the wrong thing but I remember seeing a Kiwi carpenter on YouTube using a pink-dyed fire-retardant timber.
Or can I address this through using a cement-board or similar for the cladding?
Or... am I just on to a bad idea with trying to build a timber-framed shed that is "constructed substantially of non-combustible materials"?
I am planning out my new shed/workshop. It's going to be a timber-frame building on a concrete slab, right by the boundary and within permitted development. Ideally I want to build it 20m2, but then I'll need to meet the rule on "constructed substantially of non-combustible materials". My fallback solution is to build a 15m2 timber-framed shed, as my bricklaying abilities would not make for a good result.
So, to meet the non-combustible rule for a timber-framed shed, do I need to build the frame with timber that has been treated with a fire retardant? I've looked for BS476 "non-combustible" or EN13501 "A1" timber but had no luck - I realise I could be looking for the wrong thing but I remember seeing a Kiwi carpenter on YouTube using a pink-dyed fire-retardant timber.
Or can I address this through using a cement-board or similar for the cladding?
Or... am I just on to a bad idea with trying to build a timber-framed shed that is "constructed substantially of non-combustible materials"?