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[Buying] When does a loft conversion count as a bedroom?
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I'm interested in this as I'm just having plans drawn up to add a dormer to my already converted loft. Now I'm concerned I'll have to have fire doors all over the place instead of my lovely old cottage doors I was planning to keep! Have you been told its all aspects of current regs? I'm sure lots of mine doesn't comply as it was converted in 1983!
ETA: Panic over, that doesn't apply as my loft conversion is at first floor level (originally bungalow) Wondering about the floor joists etc now though!
I talked to Building Control today who said it very much depends on circumstances, but so long as the existing loft conversion had approval, only the modifications would need to comply with current standards. However where you work on thermal elements they'd expect those to be upgraded to the current standard.0
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