Replacing Parquet with LVT Flooring - BC Required?

[beatroyd]

Hi all. I have a question about replacing the flooring in my home in the UK (not the sub-floor). I live in a 1960s ground floor flat where currently there is parquet wooden flooring installed. The sub-floor is concrete. I intend to replace the parquet with Luxury Vinyl Tiles (LVT) flooring. The sub-floor will not be touched or replaced in any manner - it's simply a matter of removing the parquet wooden tiles and laying the LVT on top. Does this require a Building Regulations application?

 

[johnny2007]

BC doesn't need contacting.
Check the lease of your flat, just in case it's got some restrictions on the kind of floor you can install, although I have only seen restrictions regarding hard floor which you already have, so it should be fine.

 

[^woody^]

Be aware that the bitumen adhesive commonly used for old parquet tends to contain asbestos fibre. This will be a relatively small amount of the least hazardous type and can be managed with simple precautions - you won't need specialist firms nor its complete removal, but all the same care should be taken and specific methods used.

Any flooring firms used should be 'asbestos aware', not necessarily licenced, and the old flooring blocks will require special disposal, and the remnant bitumen should be sealed or scraped and removed.