We are doing an extension, which is accessed by opening out through a window at the top of our stairs.
The house is about 70 years old, and I'm sure it's original, but the distance from the top step to the wall "in front of you" is 711mm. The width of the stair is 1040mm.
By building regs, I think the landing should be the same "depth" as the width of the staircase, but it's about a foot short - though it's original.
My question is this. I am punching through the window at the top of the stairs to make this landing into a "T-junction" instead of a "Right Turn", if you see where I'm coming from.
The gap through the window will be 711mm - the same as the depth of the landing - see picture for details.
Is this going to be a problem as far as regs are cocnerned? I'm not really changing anything directly on the landing itself, I think.
The house is about 70 years old, and I'm sure it's original, but the distance from the top step to the wall "in front of you" is 711mm. The width of the stair is 1040mm.
By building regs, I think the landing should be the same "depth" as the width of the staircase, but it's about a foot short - though it's original.
My question is this. I am punching through the window at the top of the stairs to make this landing into a "T-junction" instead of a "Right Turn", if you see where I'm coming from.
The gap through the window will be 711mm - the same as the depth of the landing - see picture for details.
Is this going to be a problem as far as regs are cocnerned? I'm not really changing anything directly on the landing itself, I think.