Building Regs for out house

drummer_666

Hi,

At some point before I bought my house, the out house was joined up to the main building. It is a shower room and toilet. But the bit in the middle isn't a proper roof, it is corrogated metal etc

I am knocking the wall through (origianlly end of house) and replacing the roof over the extension.

First had quote for felt, but had other builders around who said do it slate tiles as felt is meant for flat roofs.

I went back to the first builder and said pls amend quote for tiles and I need it to meet building regs. He's given me contact for structural engineer and said can send me building reg forms and a fee of £130 will need to be paid to building consultancy prior to work starting

I just want to double check, do I actually need to contact building regs. Do I actually need a tiled roof rather than felt (tiles are £350 more expensive)?

Thank you

southcoastrgi

it depends if you can do it under PD or you need planning permission, your builder should be able to advise you, a tiled roof is going to look nicer & last longer, if the roof at the moment is flat then to tile it will mean making it into a pitched roof, you can't just have felt on a pitched roof unless it's a shed, if you have a flat roof then a felt roof will prob last you about 10 years before you have to do it again, tiles or slate are heavier than just felt so you may need the roof strenghtened anyway.

drummer_666

hi, i don't need planning permisson.

and the only structual thing is the RSJ being added and the wall being knocked through.

i'm just double checking about building regs tho, with regards to contacting the council etc

it is a flat roof at mo, but due to where the lintel will be it will become a pitched roof

not too worried about tiles lasting longer as I won't own the house for that long, will tiles add more value to buyers?

cyclonebri1

Flat roofs are a liability, redid my home ins this week.

Que**
Does any part of your home have a flat roof??

Go figure,

Gloomendoom

If you are making a new opening in the wall, or extending an existing one then, yes, you will need building regs. Perhaps that is what the builder was talking about.

Jaynne

Tiles would be 10x better in terms of looks and adding value in my opinion. For the sake of £350 I would definitely says its worth while.

JimmyTheWig

drummer_666 wrote: »

RSJ being added and the wall being knocked through.

Am far from an expert, but to me this screams "building regs". Someone needs to check that they are using the right strength RSJ if nothing else.

drummer_666

JimmyTheWig wrote: »

Am far from an expert, but to me this screams "building regs". Someone needs to check that they are using the right strength RSJ if nothing else.

it's structural engineer that does that - well emailed builder back that i'm going to use and he will send me forms for building regs

i'm moving into the house in 2 weeks, gonna be without kitchen for few weeks minimum lol. all good fun!

cyclonebri1

Gloomendoom wrote: »

If you are making a new opening in the wall, or extending an existing one then, yes, you will need building regs. Perhaps that is what the builder was talking about.

Yep, one of the recent changes that not an awful number of people realise yet. If you actually look at the local authority guide on building regs its scope has now been expanded to cover much much more than previously.;)

JimmyTheWig

drummer_666 wrote: »

it's structural engineer that does that

Yes, but someone in officialdom needs to confirm that _they've_ got it right.

drummer_666

JimmyTheWig wrote: »

Yes, but someone in officialdom needs to confirm that _they've_ got it right.

hmmm if that's the case, then why bother paying structual engineer to calculate coz building regs ppl will do it anyway?