Ok, So there I was, first house all bought and paid for (well, first mortgage repayment made anyway) and my fingers are all itchy for a lump hammer.
The origional layout of the 1930's ex-council semi included an indoor outdoor toilet (within the main walls but accessable only from the outside) which joined on to a coalshed (still within the walls but accessable from the outside). These two rooms were approximately 1.70m x 0.90m.
I got in a reputable local builder for a quote to have the two rooms knocked into one and a doorway to be knocked into the adjoining living room wall. I asked him, under no ambigous terms, whether or not the walls were loadbearing, to which he replied 'no'.
After recieving his quote, I decided to take on the job myself, without contacting BCO. I knocked the dividing wall out and opened up the livingroom doorway. I then bricked up the two origional outside doorways (twin skin brick with insulation in between). This was 4months ago and no cracks or damp has developed at all.
Now after reading some of the posts here and seeing how tightly BCO likes to run things, I'm worried that I should have called them in before starting (a fairly obvious undersight ).
Do I need to call BCO to come and certify the work or would I be ok when I come to sell the property in a few years? If I do need to call them, how much would it cost and what is it I'd be asking them to do?
Thanks.
The origional layout of the 1930's ex-council semi included an indoor outdoor toilet (within the main walls but accessable only from the outside) which joined on to a coalshed (still within the walls but accessable from the outside). These two rooms were approximately 1.70m x 0.90m.
I got in a reputable local builder for a quote to have the two rooms knocked into one and a doorway to be knocked into the adjoining living room wall. I asked him, under no ambigous terms, whether or not the walls were loadbearing, to which he replied 'no'.
After recieving his quote, I decided to take on the job myself, without contacting BCO. I knocked the dividing wall out and opened up the livingroom doorway. I then bricked up the two origional outside doorways (twin skin brick with insulation in between). This was 4months ago and no cracks or damp has developed at all.
Now after reading some of the posts here and seeing how tightly BCO likes to run things, I'm worried that I should have called them in before starting (a fairly obvious undersight ).
Do I need to call BCO to come and certify the work or would I be ok when I come to sell the property in a few years? If I do need to call them, how much would it cost and what is it I'd be asking them to do?
Thanks.