DIY Loft Conversion

Jun 11, 2005 65 Replies

You haven't quite got it, have you?

Planning permission ain't usually needed for internal structural alterations - like say taking down a wall between two rooms. But building regs apply. So the safest way is to ask your BCO what's required before starting and get him to check at stages throughout the work. If the work is complex, he'll almost certainly require calculations from a structural engineer.

No I haven't, as I'm not into electric caber tossing.

In article , Doctor Evil writes

So you always need both do you? :-)

No they don't. There are many things for which planning permission is needed but not building regulation approval and similarly many where BR approval is required but not planning permission.

You do understand the difference between them don't you?

I think you'll find you actually have a certain time to begin work (though not to finish it) or else if stricter regs have been introduced in the meantime there will apply instead.

For Part P you had to finish it as well and it was pretty short (finish by April 2005 or else) but usually I think it's three years to start and then fairly indefinite to finish.

Usually the case but if you recall we all had to finish our electrical work before April 1st this year to avoid the taking the 'P'iss regs.

Given you never actually answer direct questions, do you know what that means?

In article , Doctor Evil writes

Ah bless, he doesn't

In article , Mike writes

Are you not getting confused with planning permission as well?

Definition

quiz [Show phonetics] noun [C] plural quizzes

1 a game or competition in which you answer questions: a history/sport, etc. quiz

What are the prizes in this quiz? What are the rules? I'm not entering until I know all these.

Prize is a pair of tickets to the Premiere of the new uk.d-i-y film of the year

"Four Combis and a Hacksaw"

You'd like it.

It's a comedy.

Seven Boilers For Seven Bathtubs

Kind Hearts and Combiboilers

They Died With Their Boilers On

Three Combis: White

And some soundtracks from the movies:

The First Cut is the Leakiest

Another Flue in the Wall

Owain

It know the one, it stars Brad Pitt, Tom Cruise and Kevin Cosner. A great film indeed.

What are the rules?

Ice Cold in Alex

The Long Wait

Boiler room

Gas

Gas House

Plumb Crazy

Plumb Goofy

Once a Plumber

The Plumber Does a Little Plumbing

Plumber of Seville

So You Want to Be a Plumber

When We Called the Plumber In

Pipe Dream

The day of the combi's (I made the last one up but the rest are legit!)

Lousy prizes. It that all you can do?

LOL! classic...

The Michael Cain classic: The Cheap Kress File

At bit satirical: Boilers for Combine

Prehistoric plumbing: Jurassic Pipe

Dimm does toilets: Close Encounters of the Turd Kind

6 liters per minute: As Good As It Gets

He fixed the central heating: My Best Friend's Wading

Taking advice on water treatment from Dimm or Drivel: Dumb and Dumber

Poor attempt 2/10. Try getting some wit lessons.

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