Hi all
After some more advice if possible. my spare bedroom has two doorways, one from the main landing in, and at the opposite side of the room another doorway that leads to a small landing and a staircase that goes downstairs (this is my properties second staircase, it goes from the spare room to the dining room downstairs, it doesn't access any other rooms). The wall that divides the spare room from the top of the stairs is a single brick thick wall. I would like to remove this wall so that the spare room/stairs are open plan. The wall is in very poor condition (sagging etc) I had a strucutral engineer around a while ago on a unrelated matter, and i mentioned it to him. he had a quick look and he said he was 99% sure it wasn't load bearing, but if I did want to remove it at a later date to get it double checked more thoroughly, and to check building regs regarding fire. If i remove this wall would I be in breach of building regs due to fire safety? Like I mentioned, the spare room has another exit onto the main landing, that leads to the main set of stairs (which could be used as an exit in the case of a fire) and the bedrooms window is very large and can be opened fully, so could also be used as an emergencey escape. Not sure if this is relevent, but thought i would mention it.
Anyone have any experience and able to offer advice? Thanks
After some more advice if possible. my spare bedroom has two doorways, one from the main landing in, and at the opposite side of the room another doorway that leads to a small landing and a staircase that goes downstairs (this is my properties second staircase, it goes from the spare room to the dining room downstairs, it doesn't access any other rooms). The wall that divides the spare room from the top of the stairs is a single brick thick wall. I would like to remove this wall so that the spare room/stairs are open plan. The wall is in very poor condition (sagging etc) I had a strucutral engineer around a while ago on a unrelated matter, and i mentioned it to him. he had a quick look and he said he was 99% sure it wasn't load bearing, but if I did want to remove it at a later date to get it double checked more thoroughly, and to check building regs regarding fire. If i remove this wall would I be in breach of building regs due to fire safety? Like I mentioned, the spare room has another exit onto the main landing, that leads to the main set of stairs (which could be used as an exit in the case of a fire) and the bedrooms window is very large and can be opened fully, so could also be used as an emergencey escape. Not sure if this is relevent, but thought i would mention it.
Anyone have any experience and able to offer advice? Thanks
