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From the clutching at straws nature of your latest post I think you realise you are wrong, and I suspect that, despite your efforts to prove otherwise, you are inteligent enough to understand why. However, for the benefit of anyone who wants the facts in a succinct form: Irrespective if how...

Tony's points are spot on regarding the snow. The problem with solar panels is that they are usually installed under a competent person scheme whereby the electrician self certifies the whole installation including the electrics, the structure etc under a CPS. These schemes are ok in theory...

Not the answer you are after, but, you'll probably need to find out what sort of justification you are being asked for. ie, are you looking for full justification for compliance with all standards, or is a lesser standard acceptable for some factors, eg snow loadings, deflection etc. Most good...

True. All the ones we've dealt with/heard of have been for imediate(ish) life safety issues such as fire safety, protection from falling and boiler installations. Plus, and hence the "ish" structural issues. I do predict an increase in injunctions as LAs are left to pick up the pieces of some...

Oh ye of little knowledge. Section 36 of the building act imposes time limits on taking action against an owner/builder, but the act also specifically notes that nothing within the prescribed time periods in s36 prevents a LA (or anyone else for that matter) from taking action by way of an...

I think Tony means more than 4m square. Make sure you get treatment to give you class 1 surface spread of flame rating, not something (usually more expensive) to give actual fire resistance.

To clarify, they would actually take action under the Building Act for contraventions of the Building Regulations. This is the legislation under which all prosecutions are taken for contraventions of the Building Regs.

There are time limits for planning permission, but, there is no cut off for a LA taking action under the Building Regs. There are different parts of legislation under which they take action against different people and in different timescales, but, ultimately, they can take action in a thousand...