Hi, I'm looking to replace the front door on my 17 year old home. The door is made of hardwood and single glazed glass, and isn't particularly well fitted.
I'm looking to replace both the frame and door with a factory made, good quality oak engineered door and found this one: Chatsworth Oak Tripple Glazed
The U value of this door is 1.9W/m2K and I've just read that since 2010 Building Regulations part L requires doors in new or existing homes to have a U value of 1.8W/m2K or less.
I will be looking for a local joiner to fit the new door and frame, and I suspect he won't care about U values. Does it really matter if I fit this door and frame, which is bound to be better then the existing 17 year old door?
I'm wondering how building control would ever know that I had "contravened" the building regulations if I have this door fitted?
I'm looking to replace both the frame and door with a factory made, good quality oak engineered door and found this one: Chatsworth Oak Tripple Glazed
The U value of this door is 1.9W/m2K and I've just read that since 2010 Building Regulations part L requires doors in new or existing homes to have a U value of 1.8W/m2K or less.
I will be looking for a local joiner to fit the new door and frame, and I suspect he won't care about U values. Does it really matter if I fit this door and frame, which is bound to be better then the existing 17 year old door?
I'm wondering how building control would ever know that I had "contravened" the building regulations if I have this door fitted?