do i need regs to widen a door frame

[juemckool]

i wish to widen a door frame and make it an opening. from 70cm to approx 170 - 180cm, making a lounge into a open plan lounge / kitchen.
do i need regs or would a qualified builder be able to self certify?

thanks in advance

 

[Shytalkz]

If it's a load-bearing wall, then technically, yes you need LABC approval. Structural work cannot be self-certified.

Note the italicised word...

 

[noseall]

italicised

Is that a real word or an '.....ism'

 

[Shytalkz]

italicize or -cise
Verb
[-cizing, -cized] or -cising, -cised to print (text) in italic type
italicization
-cisation n
Collins Essential English Dictionary 2nd Edition 2006 © HarperCollins Publishers 2004, 2006