My son currently lives in a 2 bed semi with a large lounge and small kitchen, both served by a narrow hallway which has the stairs. He wants to open up the lounge and kitchen together to make one living space by taking out the stud wall between the hallway, lounge and kitchen. The issue being the stairs would be open into the new living and kitchen area.
Building regs contact isn't answering so thought someone here may be able to advise as I've read there may be an issue as there would potentially be no escape route from upstairs in the event of a fire downstairs
Building regs contact isn't answering so thought someone here may be able to advise as I've read there may be an issue as there would potentially be no escape route from upstairs in the event of a fire downstairs