Attic conversion plans

easilydistracted

Can anyone clarify for me who usually does the plans for building control when doing my loft conversion? We have an architectural technician friend, but we're aware another trade needs to the supporting steels. Does an architect normally work with a engineer to do the steel plans, or does this come later?


Thanks for your help

Doozergirl

If it needs drawings for the steels, the structural engineer will produce those.

They need to work together so that the architect draws floor levels correctly - speaking together they can work out the best layout for the steels.

lush_walrus

As above Architects can size steels but rarely their insurance covers for that and thus a structural engineer will do such. What are the steel proposed for? It is equally possible to convert using timbers and invariably on small jobs cheaper. If it is just a loft conversion in an average house I would expect timber.

easilydistracted

Oooh replies. Brilliant. Victorian terrace with dormer needed at the back. Possibly some height alteration? I think its the age that means we need steels?? We have a firm recommended who usually do a whole package but their architect is really booked up and we have a friend who will do the drawings. Sounds like I need to find a local structural engineer and link them up as friend cannot do the drawings for steels. Thanks for the help, may well be back with more questions as we also need a mist system, which takes us up to about seven trades!