Good morning all
I have a house that was badly damaged by fire and due to my insuranc Company (No Names but they have a big red phone) being a bunch o pancake flippers :) and only paying out about 25% of the claim I a having to repair it myself.
Going down the whole building notice and doing a full renovation woul cost far more than I can afford due to the modifications required t meet current building regulations including a massive sacrifice o space due to the requirement of encased stairs ways.
The Building regulations do not apply to repairing a building, an doing a like for like replacment needs no involvment of buildin control but i'm worried that when they come out to do their pre wirin inspection that they will start picking holes in what's been done.
The current building has main supports running across the building int the walls and the floor joists were nailed to them, I have just replace the damaged beams with the same or next size up and put on joist hanger as this it safer and better than just nailed.
Should I put the ceilings up before they visit to hide it all so the can get on with their window and wiring inspection and leave the res alone or should I leave it all open and hope they only do what they ar supposed to do ??
I am re-wiring and fitting the windows myself so need to go throug building notice on these bits as the BCO knows they need replacin already.
Any help or advice would be great.
Thanks
Pa
-- Pat-UK