I was considering extending my kitchen by adding a conservatory of approximately 15m2. This would entail removing most of the existing kitchen back wall.
Unfortunately I found that there are all sorts of building regs regarding this which as I understand it require one to make up the increased heat loss with improved insulation in the existing building.
The problem is that I already have insulated concrete floors, cavity wall insulation, uPVC double glazing, a 90.7% efficient boiler, boiler TRV's throughout and 400mm loft insulation so this is going to be impossible. I also intend to use the most thermally efficient glass for the conservatory.
Is my understanding of the building regs correct or maybe is there a loop hole or something such as building the conservatory in phase 1, then getting building regs approval just to knock out the wall and put in an RSJ?
Unfortunately I found that there are all sorts of building regs regarding this which as I understand it require one to make up the increased heat loss with improved insulation in the existing building.
The problem is that I already have insulated concrete floors, cavity wall insulation, uPVC double glazing, a 90.7% efficient boiler, boiler TRV's throughout and 400mm loft insulation so this is going to be impossible. I also intend to use the most thermally efficient glass for the conservatory.
Is my understanding of the building regs correct or maybe is there a loop hole or something such as building the conservatory in phase 1, then getting building regs approval just to knock out the wall and put in an RSJ?