Recent content by paul53

I must admit, I have found what freddymercurystwin says to be correct in the past and I have gone more along the safety route. I have a cetificate of compliance for the electrics, Gas landlord certificate etc. It was just that this matter of the stairs had not even cropped up before now so I...

Why is my post unbelievable? I was asking about building regs and if they applied to items built before the regs came in place. As you say, I am a landlord - not a builder so I am not familiar with such regulations. I have had the property for 8 years and in that time I have had 7...

Thank you. As the house is an old terraced, well over 120 years old, I doubt that building regs even existed then (or did they?) The original spindles (better name than my balustrade) have been replaced at some time with 1/2" timber cut into shaped spindles and varnished. I suspect that...

I am the landlord of a house that I rent out. A new tenant has just moved in and is complaining that the balustrades (uprights) of the stair bannister exceed 100mm according to the Part K of the building regs. None of the past tenants have mentioned this before. As this balustrade was like...