melanie_norton34

Alternative Fire Regs solution on Loft Conversion terraced cottage

Melanie Norton
5 years ago
Not giving up yet on alternative's other than put a hallway into my open plan dining room so it passes fire regs.
My 1 bed terraced cottage with stairs in middle house has been converted to a 3 bed with 3rd bedroom being up in loft.
Stairs come down directly into open plan diner/kitchen and have been told I need protected means escape (ie a protected hallway at bottom my staircase which will take out half room in my dining room and basically means I lose the dining room .
Thinking totally out of the box I wondered if I could have a trap door under my bed leading straight down into front room. I have a hole in middle floor anyway where builders disposed lot stuff thats only been part filled in I really want to try keep the open plan dining room as my house is a terraced cottage which needs as much space and light as possible.
Have put photo's where my existing staircase leads down into my open plan kitchen diner showing door out to front room and new stairs from loft. Trying to keep as much open space as possible and keep the old character of the house too.
I am willing to wait for the best solution despite my building regs chasing this up as my money pots also ran dry. I took on a very ambitious project for my limited budget but dont want to give up my dream open plan design. As my kids waiting to move in asap.
Any ideas appreciatted.

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