Info needed on new building regs.

[Ed Sirett]

Apparently from 1/4/6 there's going to be another round of building regs imposed from the OPDM.

These will (at least) require notifications/ self-certification in the area of Plumbing. Ventilation. Maybe others?

Does anyone one know what activities will fall into these categories? I'm especially interested to know how it will affect maintenance/minor improvments to existing dwellings.

I tried to find out this form the ODPM web site but got bogged down and/or it wasn't there and/or it was not clear, to me at least.

[Dave]

Anyone who has tried to access data of the Scouts web page will think that you have no problem ;-) But that is not solving you access problem. You have my sympathy on very badly made web sites.

However, can anyone tell me how the office of the fat git can bypass the elected house of commons? Or does he pass his rantings through the house and get them voted on?

Dave

Who used to think he lived in a democracy :-(

Quango Brussels directive

All of which I can never have a say in :-(

[Ed Sirett]

Possibly this is why all the new stuff is marked as "DRAFT". I can't really see that the government would have trouble getting it all passed. It's supposed to be about "saving the planet" so no one can really argue [1].

[1] Well, I could, easily, but I'm not a politician, there's no votes to be gotten from telling the truth. The truth is that it's already too late to stop global warming. All the ODPM stuff is really arranging the deck chairs. What is uncertain is just how bad (or good?) global warming is/ will be? However I do think it's better to have a go at building things better rather than the we-don't-give-damn-so-sod-the-rest-of-you-and-our-armies-bigger-than-yours-anyway which is the policy from a small minority of a large country.

[Tim S]

Wot? Nobody round my way takes the slightest notice of Part P, most don't even know the existance of Part L, so this will be completely ignored.

That's already covered to a degree though, isn't it?

Is there anything left? Well, DIY gas is still possible, without BNA... Perhaps all new paintwork will have to be conformant to "NuLabour Red"?

I've given up trying to keep up with this stuff. Better to sin in ignorance than in full knowledge...

Tim

[Ed Sirett]

Well you can run the gas pipes but installing a heat producing appliance or a flue have been subject the self-certification or a BNA since 1/4/5

It'll come, sooner or (hopefully much) later.