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door closures and extensions
theGrinch
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Are door closures through a house or flat a building regulation requirement on ground floor extensions or does it vary from council to council?
"enough is a feast"...old Buddist proverb
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Have you looked on the council's website or spoken to building regs?Declutterbug-in-progress.⭐️⭐️⭐️ ⭐️⭐️0
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they are if its a fire door, otherwise ask the council if its not a fire door0
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I know they are required for a loft, not sure for a ground floor. will ask if no one else is certain.
just tried calling building control twice. answer machine
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Only if its a fire door, has to be a fire rated over head door closer or Perko type.0
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I know they are required for a loft, /QUOTE]
that is because a loft (ie converted for occupancy) must have a fire door - its the requirement to be a fire door that matters not the fact its a loft
similalry an attached garage with direct access to the house will fire a fire door so must have a closer.
If you annex is built so that it might possibly be treated as self contained (eg granny annex type thing) then its possible they may specify a fire door, but a non fire door would not have to have a closer, there is no purpose served by it other than convenience (and that's not a regulatory issue)0 -
Loft conversions usually require fire doors because they take the building to more than two storeys.
Provided the internal arrangement is such that you do not have to pass from one room through another to reach the hall then you probably should not need fire doors or additional means of escape, but it's your local council building control's interpretation of the Regs you are going to have to satisfy.A kind word lasts a minute, a skelped erse is sair for a day.0 -
thanks but I am referring to door closures for existing doors and not specifically fire doors.
never got through to the council. tried since 3pm and they close at 5pm! "enough is a feast"...old Buddist proverb0
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