Removing Kitchen Door - Fire Regs

[JamToday]

I have searched the forum but haven't found an answer to this, so I hope you may be able to point me in the right direction.

I have removed my internal kitchen door for decoration and have realised we prefer it that way. The existing is poorly configured, with a nearby bathroom and cupboard getting in the way.

There is no other door between the kitchen and the upstairs of the house, but the existing one is not a fire door.

I am concerned about building control, fire regulations, and invalidating house insurance.

 

[freddiemercurystwin]

Can you post a rough plan (just a simple sketch) showing the floor plans? When was the house built?

 

[martygturner]

You are probably over thinking it...its normally how many stories the house has that dictates the need for fire doors...2 stories require none. Your insurance will have a line about smoke heat / alarms - given their cost why would you not fit a few. Heat in the kitchen, smoke alarm up and down all interlinked. Battery 10 year wireless are fine even our dear government recommends them... https://www.gov.uk/government/publi...re/fire-safety-in-the-home-accessible-version.

 

[^woody^]

If there was no fire door, then there is no contravention.

 

[^woody^]

.2 stories require none

Garage?

 

[martygturner]

Garage?

That's an external door not internal.

 

[^woody^]

That's an external door not internal.

The door between a garage and the house.

 

[foxhole]

I have searched the forum but haven't found an answer to this, so I hope you may be able to point me in the right direction.

I have removed my internal kitchen door for decoration and have realised we prefer it that way. The existing is poorly configured, with a nearby bathroom and cupboard getting in the way.

There is no other door between the kitchen and the upstairs of the house, but the existing one is not a fire door.

I am concerned about building control, fire regulations, and invalidating house insurance.

Is it a house or a flat .