moving kitchen to another room

[juemckool]

i have a terraced house where the gallery kitchen is located in a extension to rear of property. can i move this kitchen to the existing lounge, which is at the rear of the property. (its a 2 up 2 down layout~) the stairs are located in this room to - with a door.i wish to locate the cooker on a internal wall ie not extracted to an outside wall. would this need consent too?

[inspector01]

You will need to obtain Building Regulation approval and also consider the following points:

1) All electrical alterations and new circuits would need to be part P or if done by yourself inspected by Building Control and tested by a qualified Electrician.
2) Drainage
3) Extract ventilation

and most importantly means of escape. If you currently have an open plan layout, you would need escape windows in the bedrooms and heat/smoke detection. Building regs fee would be based on the cost of a contractor carrying the work out (even if DIY), as a rough guess base the application on £5000

[juemckool]

1) qualified electrian will beused and issue a cert
2) drainage is only 3 feet from exisiting into sewer
3) ventilation./extraction is my main worry - as the hob would be on an internal wall, so couldnt extract externally. can i use a recirculator hood? do i have to have extraction of kitchen fumes and condensation?

i asked them if i needed to have consent re. fire door and means of escape. it isnt open plan just small 2 up 2 down, the only thing being changed is location of kitchen to adjoing room

[inspector01]

If the new kitchen is seperated from the stairwell by a door then you are OK. Extract can be located on an external wall but must achieve 60L/s, in real money this usually means a 9" fan but there are 4" fans on the market that achieve this.
Unfortunately Building Regs will still be required due to the ventilation requirements...

[juemckool]

inspector01 wrote:

If the new kitchen is seperated from the stairwell by a door then you are OK. Extract can be located on an external wall but must achieve 60L/s, in real money this usually means a 9" fan but there are 4" fans on the market that achieve this. Unfortunately Building Regs will still be required due to the ventilation requirements...

Extract can be located on an external wall

but..............it isnt

[juemckool]

i have an idea - if a hood isnt possible - what about any form of extraction i.e fan on external wall..which would be located approx 10 feet from cooking area.

[ColJack]

duct it through the floor void to an outside wall.. it's not rocket science..

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[juemckool]

might not be rocket science but it is a solid concrete floor