I've recently had a small cloakroom (toilet + washbasin) built in the downstairs lounge.
It has 2 supply pipes (cold and hot water) going into it from the kitchen under the kitchen and lounge floor, and a waste pipe (from the toilet and washbasin) which comes out of it through the external wall and connects to the sewage pipe.
I didn't know I needed building regs approval so I didn't apply for it. Later on I was applying for a top-up mortgage to finance further refurbishment work and the bank sent a surveyor to value the house. The surveyor asked me about the cloakroom and told me it needed BR and not having it would knock off some of its value. He specifically mentioned the waste pipe, which he said needed to be connected in a certain way, slope at a certain angle etc.
Now I'm wondering what's the best way to proceed. Is it a good idea to regularise it and what would need to be opened up if I went that route? Which elements of the work are subject to BR - is it only the waste pipe or also the supply pipes that go under the floor? What about the electric wiring? My builders are Eastern European and while they know their stuff, they don't have the legal power to issue any certificates, not that I know anyway.
If I don't regularise it and don't sell the house within X years (I expect to stay here for at least 7 years, possibly much longer) would not having a BR certificate be a problem at all?
Any advice appreciated. Thanks.
It has 2 supply pipes (cold and hot water) going into it from the kitchen under the kitchen and lounge floor, and a waste pipe (from the toilet and washbasin) which comes out of it through the external wall and connects to the sewage pipe.
I didn't know I needed building regs approval so I didn't apply for it. Later on I was applying for a top-up mortgage to finance further refurbishment work and the bank sent a surveyor to value the house. The surveyor asked me about the cloakroom and told me it needed BR and not having it would knock off some of its value. He specifically mentioned the waste pipe, which he said needed to be connected in a certain way, slope at a certain angle etc.
Now I'm wondering what's the best way to proceed. Is it a good idea to regularise it and what would need to be opened up if I went that route? Which elements of the work are subject to BR - is it only the waste pipe or also the supply pipes that go under the floor? What about the electric wiring? My builders are Eastern European and while they know their stuff, they don't have the legal power to issue any certificates, not that I know anyway.
If I don't regularise it and don't sell the house within X years (I expect to stay here for at least 7 years, possibly much longer) would not having a BR certificate be a problem at all?
Any advice appreciated. Thanks.