I have a door from the kitchen to a utility room, both original to the house (c1900), through a single skin brick wall. Both rooms are in a single storey extension, with a sloping tiled roof. The rafters rest on this intermediate wall.
At sometime in the 60s the floor of the kitchen was raised, but the doorway was never altered so I have to duck a little to get through. Do I need to apply for building regs to raise the lintel by a couple of courses and thus door height? Existing door lintel is a wooden 2x4 approx.
Also at some point in the future we might actually widen the doorway too (double its width), to create a larger kitchen. Could I install a wider lintel over the door and to the side (with a view to doing this in the future), without initially widening the door opening? Would approval/inspection be required when inserting the lintel or when the doorway was widened/wall section removed.
At sometime in the 60s the floor of the kitchen was raised, but the doorway was never altered so I have to duck a little to get through. Do I need to apply for building regs to raise the lintel by a couple of courses and thus door height? Existing door lintel is a wooden 2x4 approx.
Also at some point in the future we might actually widen the doorway too (double its width), to create a larger kitchen. Could I install a wider lintel over the door and to the side (with a view to doing this in the future), without initially widening the door opening? Would approval/inspection be required when inserting the lintel or when the doorway was widened/wall section removed.