Loft renovation: fire regulations?

macman

The only way to be sure is to remove sufficient flooring to properly survey the floor support. If it's been bodged then you'll need to start again.
Or you can carry on using it regardless and risk the floor collapsing.
Your surveyor must have been incomptetent not to raise this at purchase if it was marketed with a loft conversion, and priced accordingly.

cyclonebri1

macman wrote: »

The only way to be sure is to remove sufficient flooring to properly survey the floor support. If it's been bodged then you'll need to start again.
Or you can carry on using it regardless and risk the floor collapsing.
Your surveyor must have been incomptetent not to raise this at purchase if it was marketed with a loft conversion, and priced accordingly.

And that's a lesson to be learnt by any potential property purchasers, that survey you pay for is usually worth Jack Sh!te

leveller2911

cyclonebri1 wrote: »

And that's a lesson to be learnt by any potential property purchasers, that survey you pay for is usually worth Jack Sh!te

I had a site meeting last week with a surveyor and I was shocked how little knowledge he had with regards to timber framing and load bearing beams. One oak tie beam (12x12) is completely shot where its tenoned into a 6x6 wall plate.It carries the weight of a huge floor,hip end of a roof is strutted down onto the beam and he thought I could just "cut out a section and scarf a bit in"..
He was totally dis-interested when I suggested a structural engineer look at it.

I was completely speechless..........

waveyjane

macman wrote: »

Your surveyor must have been incomptetent not to raise this at purchase if it was marketed with a loft conversion, and priced accordingly.

Mind you, we bought the house in 2002, I don't know what the regs would have been for lofts back then. Just for fun, here's the only mention of the loft from the survey:

Roof Space

No roof void applicable by virtue of the conversion of the roof void to Bedroom to second floor level. The attic cupboards were examined serviceable but full examination of the rafters no possible due to concealment and therefore we cannot comment upon the condition thereof.

So we were none the wiser. Nor did our solicitor mention it, even in passing. Oh well.