Would you need permission to brick up an external door?

[Alex evans]

Hi, were looking to buy this property and are wondering what the rules are regarding external doors.

As it stands, there is a front door, and a rear door, from the conservatory to the rear of the house.

There is also, a side door in the (small) kitchen.

We would be looking to gain more space in this kitchen by bricking up that side door, and a new kitchen to have cabinets ect along that whole (now, uninterrupted wall)

Please see attached floorplan.

Thanks

 

[freddiemercurystwin]

No problems with that.

 

[tony1851]

Would not the kitchen window then need to be an escape window, on the basis that you are making the escape situation worse by eliminating the door?

 

[noseall]

Hi, were looking to buy this property and are wondering what the rules are regarding external doors.

As it stands, there is a front door, and a rear door, from the conservatory to the rear of the house.

There is also, a side door in the (small) kitchen.

We would be looking to gain more space in this kitchen by bricking up that side door, and a new kitchen to have cabinets ect along that whole (now, uninterrupted wall)

Please see attached floorplan.

Thanks

And knock through into the diner whilst you have the tools out.

 

[^woody^]

Would not the kitchen window then need to be an escape window, on the basis that you are making the escape situation worse by eliminating the door?

No.

It's not made worse as there was no requirement for the back door as a MOE in the first place.

However, a bit of a crap idea to get rid of the door all the same.

 

[Notch7]

Yes, you do need to get the wifes permission

 

[tony1851]

No.

It's not made worse as there was no requirement for the back door as a MOE in the first place.

However, a bit of a crap idea to get rid of the door all the same.

We don't know how old the house is, but if it was built in the last 20 or so years, chances are the kitchen would have had to have either an external door, or an escape window.
If the builder chose to install a window with only top-openers, then clearly he could have done this because there was an external door. But once the door goes, how would anyone faced with a smoke-filled hall escape if the window is not an escape window?

 

[^woody^]

We don't know how old the house is, but if it was built in the last 20 or so years, chances are the kitchen would have had to have either an external door, or an escape window.
If the builder chose to install a window with only top-openers, then clearly he could have done this because there was an external door. But once the door goes, how would anyone faced with a smoke-filled hall escape if the window is not an escape window?

Lol.

How is it expected that someone clamber up over kitchen units and a sink to get out of a window.

FYI, kitchens are not/were not habitable rooms and do not/did not require escape windows or a secondary means of escape.