Loft Conversion

[bfinl]

Hi all, I am planning a loft conversion on my bungalow and have a question so can someone please help.

Basically I am planning to run a set of stairs up into the loft and have a large open plan bedroom with on-suite and a walk in wardrobe.
My question is do I need to put a fire door on the top or bottom of the stairs or can I just have a fire escape Velux.
The new room will have a front facing dormer and a couple of Velux windows to the sides and also a mains fire alarm connected to the existing mains alarm in the bungalow.
The work will all be done with planning consent but I'm just looking for a heads up before I get the plans drawn up or apply for anything.
Any help would be greatly appreciated

 

[^woody^]

You will need a fire door, and it can go at the top or bottom of the new flight.

Its about protection from fire, not escape

 

[bfinl]

Ok thats gonna really screw up the open plan look upstairs then
and look odd downstairs is there no other way of doing it?

 

[^woody^]

Sprinklers throughout

 

[bfinl]

Sounds costly

 

[^woody^]

Oops, sorry ..... just noticed its a bungalow. No fire doors are required for two storeys

 

[bfinl]

Are you 100% sure.

I was starting to get palpitations

 

[^woody^]

100% certainty incurs a fee

 

[bfinl]

Many thanks for your help

 

[tony1851]

Oops, sorry ..... just noticed its a bungalow. No fire doors are required for two storeys

 

[^woody^]

What's so funny about the OP living in a bungalow?

 

[tony1851]

What's so funny about the OP living in a bungalow?

It's not the OP living in a bungalow that's funny, it's the all-knowing, expert, erudite aand mine-of-information surveyor who didn't read the f****** post properly!