I bought a house with extension that had no building regs

Doozergirl

foxy-stoat wrote: »

If you wanted to build an extension that wasn't a plastic conservatory with keeping the external door in place I may agree. If you want to build under permitted development rights you wont need planning permission but you do need sign off by Building Control Officer. I do not know any BCOs that will sign off foundation depth and design without structural calculations.

We all look forward to seeing photos though.

How many BCOs do you know because I've been building for 20 years, been a company director of building company specialising in renovations and extensions for 12 and can count the number of times I've had to hand foundation calcs to a BCO on my fingers.

You do not *need* an SE for foundations on any new extension. Depth is an assumed metre unless the ground conditions dictate otherwise.

We've also just converted an entire barn into a 3 bed house and I didn't need to look at the foundations, let alone a SE, so nothing's suddenly changed recently.

What you've just said is trying to teach granny to suck eggs and bears no relation to whether an SE is required.

We do not have enough information to make any recommendations about SEs . There are different rules for what exists and what does not.

CharlesHewitt

It cannot be argued that the difference between these positions is the same everywhere, since each city and state may have different positions and powers.

Doozergirl

foxy-stoat wrote: »

OK granny, OP you only need a builder like doozer, you will be fine with your single skin of bricks, mould and plastic sheeting.

Wish you all the luck.

Indeed. Here's a link celebrating the shoddy work we produce and the result of the insensitive advice I give.

https://www.fmb.org.uk/master-builder-awards/2019-master-builders-awards/national-winners/mister-and-missus-ltd-heritage-project-winner

Watch the video too, we should be on cowboy builders.

smartiedude

I am unable to post any pics sorry, when I do try to post them this is what I'm told:

"Sorry as a new user you are not allowed to post with links. This is done to stop spammers clogging up the site. Please edit your message below to continue."


Is there any way around this?

davidmcn

smartiedude wrote: »

Is there any way around this?

You just make it look like it isn't a link - put in some spaces or the like.

smartiedude

Right lets give this a go.. can you see this photo of my house?


https : // photos.google.com/photo/AF1QipNrtAW008iZQjA34n88XC6WomCKTlG3a_UmG7H3



If you can I'll put up the other photos.

davidmcn

smartiedude wrote: »

Right lets give this a go.. can you see this photo of my house?

https : // photos.google.com/photo/AF1QipNrtAW008iZQjA34n88XC6WomCKTlG3a_UmG7H3

No, but I suspect that's because the link isn't publicly visible for some other reason, nothing to do with the forum.

AdrianC

Try using imgbb.com - it's dead easy to upload, and easy to embed the images into posts rather than making people follow links.

smartiedude wrote: »

I've already had to completely overhaul the living room, and I'm probably going to create a new post to show you the extent of what I had to do to make that room habitable. It was a lot of work.

Do you actually mean "overhaul" and "habitable"?

Or do you simply mean "redecorate" and "nice"?

smartiedude

Okay I will try imgbb.com.


I will show you what I had to do to the living room with pictures. It was certainly not a "redectorate and nice" job.

gettingtheresometime

smartiedude wrote: »

What's the difference between a structural engineer/builder/architect then? Do I need a builder and a structural engineer?

Well if you ask my OH an architect creates a flight of fancy, a builder complains that it can't be done and a structural engineer rides in on his/her unicorn, waves the sparkly wand and makes it all possible.


Guess what my OH does for a living?