Remoning adjoining door into porch?

bellett

Can someone please explain the logic behind the building regs/planning permission (dunno which it is in this instance) that says when you have a conservatory or porch built you cannot remove the existing door?

Some friends of mine are thinking of buying a house with a large porch on the back (almost another room really ) . The back door opens into the porch and is REALLY rickerty and old but the uPVC door to the outside from the porch is solid and has excellent locks - so why are you supposed to leave the existing door in situ?

Am thinking of saving for a conservatory myself and it would annoy me to have to keep our patio doors - hate having a room looking into a room IYSWIM? So if the new doors to the conservatory are better than the existing doors what is the point of the rule?

ormus

main reason is planning permision.
an extension is very different to a conservatory re PP. and if you remove the door it effectly becomes an extension.
there are also safety ie fire etc issues.

espresso

A conservatory is classed as a temporary structure whereas an extension is permanent and is covered by different regulations.

bellett

ormus wrote: »

main reason is planning permision.
an extension is very different to a conservatory re PP. and if you remove the door it effectly becomes an extension.
there are also safety ie fire etc issues.

How are you more at risk from fire?....still seems mad to me..................

real1314

forget all that, it's to do with thermal efficiency and heat loss.

the maximum size of the windows you can have in a room is restricted by the volume of the room.

So a conservatory blows the equation apart. If you remove the doors the 2 rooms become one and breach the regs.

Altough in a few years (no more than 5) you'll be able to get double glazing that's as efficient as brick for a reasonable price.

iwilldoitthistime

I thought of getting the french doors into my conservatory removed when it was built, but boy am I glad I didnt!

The noise of rain on the conservatory roof is deafening - if you had the doors removed, you wouldnt be able to have a conversation (or even hear someone speaking at a normal level). the cold in winter would also deter me from removing the doors as a conservatory can really get cold.