Hi all. My parents are in the process of designing their forever home and they will have a large loft in the roofspace for storage. It is in fact large enough for future conversion if this were to ever be desired - but this is not the plan at this time.
Instead of creating a hatch and ladder there would be space to provide a staircase from the landing to the loft, with a door at the top of the staircase providing 'walk in' access to the loft. This would be much better as we are trying to future proof the house if mobility becomes an issue in the future.
They like this idea but don't like the idea of having to make all the staircase a protected area with doors onto the landing and downstairs hall self closing etc. I have read the regs and think that this would only be required if the loft were to contain habitable rooms - is this correct?
My understanding is that so long as there are no habitable rooms in the loft there is no need to provide a protected means of escape - and therefore no self closing doors etc on the landing.
Is this correct?
Thanks in advance for any help
Instead of creating a hatch and ladder there would be space to provide a staircase from the landing to the loft, with a door at the top of the staircase providing 'walk in' access to the loft. This would be much better as we are trying to future proof the house if mobility becomes an issue in the future.
They like this idea but don't like the idea of having to make all the staircase a protected area with doors onto the landing and downstairs hall self closing etc. I have read the regs and think that this would only be required if the loft were to contain habitable rooms - is this correct?
My understanding is that so long as there are no habitable rooms in the loft there is no need to provide a protected means of escape - and therefore no self closing doors etc on the landing.
Is this correct?
Thanks in advance for any help
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