Recent content by amClueless

Many thanks Woody - i am tempted to print off your post and read it verbatim to whoever i get in to give the advice :wink: What you said is exactly what i need!

is there any such thing as an independent building control expert i could hire for a small fee to come over and discuss the job with me and advise me on how i could achieve compliance? I think much of my problem is ignorance - if i could get some advice and all the info i need then i would...

I would really like to do the walls with the insulation if i can afford to. I will get quotes and go from there. If the cost is prohibitive then i am afraid i will have to replaster and hope for the best. Would a builder know exactly what to do to achieve the standard of insulation for...

I intend to replace a door and window with a set of french doors - this requires a lintel and building regs approval. I was thinking that if i got this work done and signed off first by bco (before hacking off any plaster or doing anything to the house) then the bco would not know about it...

'Building control don't go around looking for houses being replastered. Pragmatically, who is going to know about replastering and who is going to care?' When i made the call to my Building Control officer and asked to speak directly to an officer as i needed some advice, the lady asked...

Well i am not getting any younger - i have been a housewife all my life and i felt that i needed a pension of some sort for my later years! Property seemed to be the best thing and when prices came down i took my chance. I never intended to do the work myself - just get professionals in to...

No i havent got this yet. Have had several people round to give quotes on whole job ie. whole refurb - but this was before the news from BCO re compulsory insulation. I did trawl the net and noted a company specialising in insulation - they estimated (on the website) that a 3 bed semi with...

Thankyou muchly for your input. I have contacted my BCO - and unfortunately has just informed me that as i intend to replaster the house (which has solid walls - 9inch) i have to insulate to U value of 0.35 or less. I now regret talking to him!! I have discovered this will cost nothing...

Does anyone have any info on where i would find a copy of building regs document that has been translated into ordinary layman speak? I am planning quite a few improvements to a 1900s house i have bought (to be undertaken by builders/other professionals) but i am clueless as to what building...

I have contacted building control and they have said that the removal and replacement of the lintel will require building regs approval - so i guess i have heard it straight from the horses mouth!! Thanks to all of you for your input. You are doing a great job - this site is invaluable for...

I would be grateful for any advice. I would like to replace a kitchen door and window with french doors (4ft x 7ft) and a lintel. The survey says (i have just bought the house) that the current window and door need a new steel lintel whatever is there is not adequate. My builder says i do not...