Bedroom conforming to Building Regs

mrstinchcombe

I have a 2 bed house with a good sized loft conversion, (15'4"" x 11''10""). It was sold to me exactly as that but in terms of selling it one how would I conform to building regs and get this classified as a 3rd bedroom?

(There is a good solid wooden staircase on the 1st floor landing straight into the loft conversion. It has dormer windows, double glazed so theres maximum headroom on over half of the loft conversion.)

Thanks in advance.

stef73

best bet would be speak to your council planning office. You would have to have linked smoke alarms as your house would be 3 floors , also fire exit from loft

rachbc

you'll also need a 30min fire door to the conversion - either at the bottom of the stairs or creating a landing at the top, been a few years since we did ours and am sure the regs will have changed since then

fluffymuffy

It's unlikely that you'll be able to get it conform without ripping most of it out and starting again. Most usually the insulation (if there is any) would have been put between the rafters and plasterboarded over - there should be either a void between the insulation and the underside of the roof, or self-ventilating sarking felt has to be used. It's unlikely that an existing conversion has either. The floor joists are generally undersized in such conversions also - often the ceiling joists have been boarded over.

Phone your council's Building Control department (not the Planning Office) and ask to speak to your local Building inspector who can advise you further.

At the end of the day you can still sell without building regulations - you just need to declare it, and an insurance policy against any future claims is not expensive. The last house we moved from had a number of features we were not interested in getting building regulations approval for - the insurance policy cost £50.

ormus

our semi det house is on the market.
it has a treble extension. all done properly.
the agents will not/cannot use the phrase, "extended"

search me?:eek:

slummymummyof3

ormus wrote: »

our semi det house is on the market.
it has a treble extension. all done properly.
the agents will not/cannot use the phrase, "extended"

search me?:eek:

What about if you show them your planning permission and also your building regs completion cert?