When dose regulations will be applied in loft conversions techniques

Value for money

Loft conversions is an important investment and can price from £25,000, but investigate shows that in the majority of cases they do add more worth to the home than the first expense.

House the shell of an attic conversion can take everything from four weeks to a few months to total.  If you are concerned about the weather, try to obtain the work done in the hot season.

Make sure you have option space for items at present stored in your attic.  It is simple to underestimate how much junk you have collected over the years because it is suitably tucked away in the attic.

The regulations will be applied to ensure, for example:

• The building strength of the new floor is enough.
• The strength of the construction (including the accessible roof) is not endangered.
• There is a secure flee route from fire.
• The stairs are secure designed.
• There is sensible sound insulation between the renovation and the places below.
  All electric work complies with present rags.
• The loft conversion complies with The Party Wall etc. 

Your conversion is also a permitted development if:

• It is no larger than 40 cubic meters for a terraced home, or 50 for a detached or semi-detached house.
• There is no addition beyond the slope of the ceiling (i.e a dormer window) on the rule elevation fronting the road.
• Materials used are like in look to the existing ones.
• No part of the addition is higher than the maximum point of the existing ceiling.
• There are no rooms, porches, or raised platforms.
• Roof conversions are set back 20cm along the slope of the attic roof from the roof border. 
• No protected species, such as bats, are affected.

Home improvement with Loft conversion techniques