Recent content by kbsonline

thanks for your explanation john, much appreciated :D

freddymercurystwin, i understand escaping from the 2nd floor is dangerous, what i was saying was exiting from the first floor is something everybody would have to do at the moment, with a 30m fire door at the top of the stairs it would make chance of escape for all occupants just as safe, i know...

i would rather die lol, i am struggling to understand the difference between escaping from the 1st floor(before the loft conversion) and the 2nd floor (after), why is a ground floor escape all of a sudden required as the occupants from the first floor wouldnt be able to exit the ground floor...

thanks woody that sounds quite plain and simple, i really appreciate it, gotta take a deep breath and watch them wreck our hard work, win some loose some, thanks again

thanks for your help guys, this is being regularised to the standards of today, is this partition to limit the spred of fire to the 3rd floor staircase and provide a means of escape from the 3rd floor, if so would a fixed escape ladder not be suficcient, regards

thanks for your help on this, i was unaware the loft did not conform to regs, it was accepted by the council when the exchange was made, it was only when they came to replace the electrics that it was picked up and condemned, by this time i had already done all the work :(, there was a...

hi freddymercurystwin, building control have asked for this, they are asking as the loft is being brought up to current regs, regulations today ask for adequate means escape from all habitable rooms, as per drawings if a fire was to occur in the dining room it would engulf the exit from the loft...

Hello everybody, i am new to this forum, thank you for reading my post, i am a council tenant from hemel hempstead, i moved into my house a few years ago as an exchange it has a loft conversion which is fifteen years old, not built to regs they condemned it about a year ago, after much...