Radiators and Building Control

[Roger Mills]

According to Which?'s recent publication about Building Control, adding extra radiators to an existing system is notifiable.

Really? Is that true? If so, does anybody bother?

[Andy Burns]

From Part L

"The types of non-notifiable work [...] relevant to the energy efficiency requirements regulations are:

In a heating, hot water, ventilation or air-conditioning system, the replacement of any part which is not a combustion appliance (such as radiator, valve or pump) or the addition of an output device (such as a radiator or fan)"

even if true, WDYT?

[Andrew Gabriel]

I would say that's wrong and adding a radiator is exempted by The Building Regulations 2010, Schedule 4 (1) (f) (ii) "adding an output device".

[ARW]

That looks a little out of date.

But PART 2 10 looks interesting.

[Andy Burns]

That's the 2010 "as made" version, they don't seem to have a version incorporating all the amendments since then ...