I've got a slightly odd question.
I've got a lates 1970's detached house which has a garage as part of the house (bedroom above etc)
It's quite a large garage and when we bought the house it had a toilet at the back and a utility room. We didn't like this as we had to walk through the garage to get to it so we moved the utility area to the front (temporarily) and never used the toilet.
We now have a conservatory added to the house which gives us access straight into the back of the garage so we're planning to redo the utiltity room and toilet so they are accessed from the conservatory.
My questions is with regards to the building regs, I believe you are required to step down from a house room into the garage - is that correct?
The old utility room and toilet are on the same level as the garage which is about 4 or 5 inches lower than the house.
I don't mind stepping out of the conservatory into the utility room but I've been advised that as I'm making them part of the house rather than the back of the garage that I should raise the floor a few inches. It's not a massive area to raise but I'd still prefer not to (4m x 2m approx size)
Any advice?
I've got a lates 1970's detached house which has a garage as part of the house (bedroom above etc)
It's quite a large garage and when we bought the house it had a toilet at the back and a utility room. We didn't like this as we had to walk through the garage to get to it so we moved the utility area to the front (temporarily) and never used the toilet.
We now have a conservatory added to the house which gives us access straight into the back of the garage so we're planning to redo the utiltity room and toilet so they are accessed from the conservatory.
My questions is with regards to the building regs, I believe you are required to step down from a house room into the garage - is that correct?
The old utility room and toilet are on the same level as the garage which is about 4 or 5 inches lower than the house.
I don't mind stepping out of the conservatory into the utility room but I've been advised that as I'm making them part of the house rather than the back of the garage that I should raise the floor a few inches. It's not a massive area to raise but I'd still prefer not to (4m x 2m approx size)
Any advice?