Loft conversion & doors

mark_a · 6 Dec 2006

Please could someone clarify the requirement for self closing doors when you have a loft conversion. I read somewhere that all the doors in the house have to be fitted with a self closing device butthen I read somewhere else that in fact only the door into the new loft area needs to be self closing. Does anyone know which it is?. Living in a house with all the doors self closing would drive me mad.

Thanks

Mark

splinter · 6 Dec 2006

There are no national rules on lofts and fire doors,so it is really down to what your local BC would stipulate

markie · 6 Dec 2006

Every door has to have a self closing device, apart from toilets/bath rooms/ if it's done by regs.

steviec · 7 Dec 2006

markie said:
Every door has to have a self closing device, apart from toilets/bath rooms/ if it's done by regs.

my mates having his bungalow loft converted into 2 beds and a bathroom,his builder says he doesn`t need fire doors or closers ?

^woody^ · 7 Dec 2006

Thats because the rules regarding a protected escape route only come into play above two storeys

A loft conversion to a bungalow just makes it a normal two storey house

mark_a · 8 Dec 2006

Thanks, will give BC a call.

Mark

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