Building Regs Advice UK Kitchen/Garage
Hi,
Looking for a little advice please. I want to extend my kitchen out into the garage on two sides, this would involve knocking down two non structural walls which are part of an existing kitchen extension (crossed out in red) and building them back up (green). I can actually see a gap between the top of the wall and the ceiling they attached to the existing garage joists so I'm confident these walls are holding nothing up. When building these back up what sort of structure will they need to be to meet fire & building regs in the UK as one side will be liveable space and other side a garage. I will also need to raise the floor in the new areas so can I build up a couple of rows of bricks before installing DPM and pouring a new concrete floor then build walls on top?
Can I get away with an insulated stud wall with some fire resistant plasterboard or do they need to be properly brick built?
The right hand side wall is a single skin brick wall attached to the neighbour's garage. Can this just be damp proofed, insulated and plaster boarded?
Bit that juts out onto patio will just become a single skin brick 'shed'.
Cheers
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Comments (8)Hi Jodie, It is likely that Building Control will require the foundations to be checked by a Structural Engineer. The Engineer can usually organise the excavation of a trial hole (although you can do this yourself). You will need to dig along side the garage to expose the top and bottom of the foundation. Depending upon the age of the garage your Building Control department may have information on record. The Engineer will assess whether the foundations will adequately support the additional floor and if not recommend ways around it. They will also be interested in any nearby trees which may cause problems- although if there is no sign of movement to the garage it should all be ok. I may be biased but I would say that an Architect or Architectural Designer will be beneficial. In the first instance they can provide you with advice of whether Planning Permission will be required but they can also help maximise your space and investment- often coming up with ideas that you may not have thought of. Building Regulation approval will be required. There are two main ways of applying. Firstly a Building Notice where no formal plans are submitted but the officer will carry out more inspections and may ask you to rectify work (which could be costly). The other is a full plans application where an Architectural Designer creates a set of working drawings. These are useful for the Contractor to work from and get checked by the Building Inspector so that you can be sure that the Building Regulations are all met before starting on site. They are also good for issuing to potential Contractors to allow them to quote for your job. The cost of an Architectural consultant will vary depending on where in the country you are. We would charge nowhere near £3,500- in fact probably less than half of this. Strcutural Engineers are an additional cost you need to consider and Building Control will require you have one to look and calculation lintels, roof loadings and foundations. If your foundations are not quite up to scratch you will have options. Which could include creating a steel internal frame on new foundations or removing and rebuilding garage (which probably wont be as much of an additional cost as you think!). I am happy to answer any questions you have if needed. Crista...See MoreOutdoor Lounge & Kitchen - UK
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