ventilation of shower room with opening window

[JohnHunter1]

Hi,

Can anyone help please.....we have finished a loft conversion with a shower room which has quite a large opening velux window.

The building regs people won't pass it as they insist on a fan 15L/S...we didn't put one in as we presumed it wouldn't be needed.

It is Kirklees council...is this common to insist on a fan even in a room with the opening window...should we argue more about it or just accept it and put one in (if so it seems a window fan will be the easiest route, with the velux window then probably fixed shut!).

Thanks,

John H & family.

 

[Richard C]

Waste of time arguing with the BI, it's been a Building Regs requirement for a fair number of years, opening window or not; along with kitchens, utilities & toilets without an opening window.

 

[freddiemercurystwin]

Aye Richard C speaks the truth.

 

[noseall]

The building regs people won't pass it as they insist on a fan 15L/S...we didn't put one in as we presumed it wouldn't be needed.

Pourquoi?

 

[Richard C]

The building regs people won't pass it as they insist on a fan 15L/S...we didn't put one in as we presumed it wouldn't be needed.

Pourquoi?

If you miss something as basic as the requirement for a fan in a shower/bathroom, I wonder what else associated with this “loft conversion” doesn’t comply

 

[^woody^]

If you miss something as basic as the requirement for a fan in a shower/bathroom, I wonder what else associated with this “loft conversion” doesn’t comply

What are you on about?

An extract fan is not a "basic requirement" - continuous ventilation via a passive [stack] system has always been an option

 

[JohnHunter1]

The loft conversion is a good one, this is the only requirement left to fulfill...

Any advice on a window fan for a velux window?

John H.

 

[freddiemercurystwin]

You can't fit a fan into a double glazed unit without ruining it or getting another sealed unit made up with a hole in it.

 

[JohnHunter1]

Thanks everyone...this discussion might be carried on in the 'loft conversions section as well' as I'm guessing the moderators would prefer it there.

Presumably a glazier could provide the right velux double glazed unit with the hole in it....do you mean Freddy, that the hole would be sealed around the circumference by the glazier?

John H.

 

[freddiemercurystwin]

Yes.

 

[^woody^]

How are you going to fit a fan on a velux without rain getting through the fan?

 

[Richard C]

duplicate post

 

[Richard C]

If you miss something as basic as the requirement for a fan in a shower/bathroom, I wonder what else associated with this “loft conversion” doesn’t comply

What are you on about?

An extract fan is not a "basic requirement" - continuous ventilation via a passive [stack] system has always been an option

What am I on about FFS woody, it’s basic requirement in terms of BR’s for specific rooms weather they are part of a loft conversion or not; have you got a headache or somethin, WTF are you on about & just for good measure

 

[^woody^]

No it is not... that is what I am on about.

A passive system can be used.

 

[Richard C]

No it is not... that is what I am on about.

A passive system can be used.

So please indicate to us all where BR’s allow a passive ventilation system to be used instead of forced extract (a fan) in a bathroom, shower room, kitchen, utility room (weather or not there is an opening window) or a W/C without an opening window? If passive ventilation is acceptable in these rooms, why is forced extract stated as a requirement in the approved documents & why has the OP's BI insisted on a fan; no one else seems to have picked up on this “way around” the BR approved documents.

If you know something we don’t or have discovered something radical in the latest BR changes we don’t know about, feel free to impart your knowledge but loose the smart asred comments without any detail & the , it’s really not necessary especially to a fellow daily