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    Damp patch in brand new porch

    Thanks for your suggestions. Unfortunately I'm away from home now so can't take a photo. I think your point number 2 is most likely - there is no mastic sealing the cill outside to the side wall.
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    Damp patch in brand new porch

    There is condenstation on the glass towards the bottom - another reason I suspected condensation. See my post above regarding gap. But even with gap there surely shouldn't be water coming through here - perhaps, as suggested above, a problem with the roof too.
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    Damp patch in brand new porch

    I agree it doesn't look like it. Seems an odd shape and location for it. There's a slight draught coming from a slight gap between the window frame and wall. I had thought this draught may be causing the condensation by causing a local cold spot here. This seems consistent with the fact that the...
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    Damp patch in brand new porch

    No it was an small builder.
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    Damp patch in brand new porch

    Here are a couple of photos...
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    Damp patch in brand new porch

    Thanks Ken. If it's a leak then yes clearly he's going to have to fix it. I suppose my question is more, what if it's just condensation? I'd have thought if built correctly then there shouldn't be a recurrent patch of condensation - even in the middle of winter, and so again this is something he...
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    Damp patch in brand new porch

    Hi, My brand new front porch was completed 2 weeks ago. Since then, I've noticed a small, recurring patch of damp on the floor screed. It is located in the front corner, where the side window (which extends from the floor to top-of-door height) meets a short return wall. The walls are thermolite...
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    Value of building regulations beyond being a legal responsibility

    My understanding is that getting the job done to building regs (whether officially or unofficially) - which is my intention / hope - would entail sufficient insulation for the porch to be open to the house. Hence the requirement for regs if there's no external door between porch and house.
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    Value of building regulations beyond being a legal responsibility

    As mentioned, building regs isn't required, unless I plan on replacing the current door with an internal one, or replacing it altogether, to make it open plan. These are things I may well consider doing (when it comes to redecorating, at a later date) and is the main reason I'd still consider...
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    Value of building regulations beyond being a legal responsibility

    Thanks all for the useful advice. I didn't actually mean "insisted" - should have rather said "recommended". He said getting the certificate is good for when it comes to selling the house. I don't know if he has other motives. And I'm not sure he would actually get drawings as it would likely...
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    Value of building regulations beyond being a legal responsibility

    I am having a front "porch" built. (Note that under the planning portal it actually comes under single extension due to being larger than 3 m^2 in area and flush with the front-most wall of the house). Planning permission is not required. And, due to being sufficiently small and retaining the...
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