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I'm writing on here for some advice as I have a number of relatively large jobs to do in my house and want to know which if any I need to apply to building regulations for before I start the work (or before I get the professionals in)
Here is a list of the work I want to get done - please let me know if there is anything i need to do as far as getting plans drawn up, structural engineers in - or building regulation plans submitted and inspectors around. Or do all of the tasks need building regs to be involved i.e. I cant make a start on anything yet?
1) I am knocking my kitchen and dining room into one room - this will involve taking down 2 supporting walls and putting RSJ's in their place.
2) I am wanting to move an upstairs wall (between bathroom and spare bedroom) to enlarge the bathroom by about a foot. The current wall is solid but is not supporting so should be able to come out easily. I want to replace this (can it be breezeblock? or does it have to be stud wall??)
3) I am wanting to replace my current kitchen window - with one that is slightly larger than the current one. This will require removal of the old lintel and putting a new one in. Does this require building regs?
4) Similar to (3), I want to replace my old back door and dining room window with a large french door with 2 glass side panels. This will involve removing 2 lintels and replacing with 1 large one.
5) Finally, as the upstairs bathroom will be a bit larger, we want to move things around a bit. Also as the current waste pipe from the upstairs toilet goes out of the wall and runs down a large pipe down the exterior back wall and into the sewer - we will need to move this waste pipe and create a new channel to the sewer because the current waste pipe comes down the wall in the middle of where we want the new french door. Therefore we want to move the large pipe about 1.5 metres to the side.
Any help you can offer would be greatly appreciated.
I'm writing on here for some advice as I have a number of relatively large jobs to do in my house and want to know which if any I need to apply to building regulations for before I start the work (or before I get the professionals in)
Here is a list of the work I want to get done - please let me know if there is anything i need to do as far as getting plans drawn up, structural engineers in - or building regulation plans submitted and inspectors around. Or do all of the tasks need building regs to be involved i.e. I cant make a start on anything yet?
1) I am knocking my kitchen and dining room into one room - this will involve taking down 2 supporting walls and putting RSJ's in their place.
2) I am wanting to move an upstairs wall (between bathroom and spare bedroom) to enlarge the bathroom by about a foot. The current wall is solid but is not supporting so should be able to come out easily. I want to replace this (can it be breezeblock? or does it have to be stud wall??)
3) I am wanting to replace my current kitchen window - with one that is slightly larger than the current one. This will require removal of the old lintel and putting a new one in. Does this require building regs?
4) Similar to (3), I want to replace my old back door and dining room window with a large french door with 2 glass side panels. This will involve removing 2 lintels and replacing with 1 large one.
5) Finally, as the upstairs bathroom will be a bit larger, we want to move things around a bit. Also as the current waste pipe from the upstairs toilet goes out of the wall and runs down a large pipe down the exterior back wall and into the sewer - we will need to move this waste pipe and create a new channel to the sewer because the current waste pipe comes down the wall in the middle of where we want the new french door. Therefore we want to move the large pipe about 1.5 metres to the side.
Any help you can offer would be greatly appreciated.