The new edition of the Building Regulations Pocket Book has been fully updated with recent changes to the UK Building Regulations and Planning Law. This handy guide provides you with all the information you need to comply with the UK Building Regulations and Approved Documents. On site, in the van, in the office wherever you are this is the book youll refer to time and time again to check the regulations on your current job.
Part 1 provides an overview of the Building Act. Part 2 offers a handy guide to the dos and donts of gaining the Local Councils approval for Planning Permission and Building Regulations Approval. Part 3 presents an overview of the requirements of the Approved Documents associated with the Building Regulations. Part 4 is an easy-to-read explanation of the essential requirements of the Building Regulations that any architect, builder or DIYer needs to know to keep their work safe and compliant on both domestic and non-domestic jobs.
Key new updates to this second edition include, but are not limited to: changes to the fire regulations as a result of the Hackitt Review, updates to Approved Document F and L, new Approved Documents covering Overheating (AD-O) and Infrastructure for the charging of electric vehicles (AD-S), amendments to and the reinstatement of the Manual to the Building Regulations. This book is essential reading for all building contractors and sub-contractors, site engineers, building engineers, building control officers, building surveyors, architects, construction site managers as well as DIYers and those who are supervising work in their own home.
PART 1: Background information 1.1 What is the Building Act 1984? 1.2
What does the Building Act 1984 contain? 1.3 What are the Supplementary
Regulations? 1.4 What are Approved Documents? 1.5 How are buildings
classified? 1.6 Who polices the Building Act? 1.7 What to comply with the
Building Regulations 1.8 What are the duties of the Local Authority? 1.9 What
are the powers of the Local Authority 1.10 What is the Building Regulations
Advisory Committee? 1.11 Who are Approved Inspectors? 1.12 Does the Fire
Authority have any say in Building Regulations? 1.13 What Notices and
Certificates are required? 1.14 Are there any exemptions to the Building
Regulations? 1.15 Can appeals be made against a Local Authoritys ruling?
1.16 What about dangerous buildings? 1.17 What about defective buildings?
1.18 What are the rights of the owner or occupier of the premises? PART 2:
Requirements for Planning Permission and Building Regulations approval 2.1
Introduction 2.2 Additional storeys/extending upwards 2.3 Advertising and
signs 2.4 Aerials, satellite dishes and flagpoles 2.5 Basements 2.6
Biomass-fuelled Appliances 2.7 Ceilings and floors 2.8 Central heating and
boilers 2.9 Change of use 2.10 Conservatories 2.11 Conversions 2.12
Decoration and repairs inside and outside a building 2.13 Demolition 2.14
Doors and windows 2.15 Drains and sewers 2.16 Electrical work in the home and
garden 2.17 Extensions 2.18 External walls 2.19 Fascias 2.20 Fences, gates
and garden walls 2.21 Flats and maisonettes 2.22 Flues, chimneys and soil and
vent pipes 2.23 Fuel tanks 2.24 Garages and carports 2.25 Hardstanding for
cars, caravans and boats 2.26 Heat pumps 2.27 Hedges 2.28 Home energy
generation 2.29 Hydroelectricity 2.30 Insulation 2.31 Internal walls 2.32
Kitchens and bathrooms 2.33 Loft conversions 2.34 Micro combined heat and
power Microgeneration Certification Scheme 2.35 New homes and self-build
homes 2.36 Outbuildings 2.37 Patios, decking and driveways 2.38 Paving your
front garden 2.39 Plumbing 2.40 Porches 2.41 Roofs 2.42 Security lighting
2.43 Shops 2.44 Solar panels 2.45 Structural alterations - inside 2.46
Swimming pools 2.47 Trees 2.48 Underpinning 2.49 Warehouses and industrial
buildings 2.50 Wind turbines 2.51 Working from home PART 3: Requirements of
the Approved Documents 3.1 Introduction 3.2 A - Structure 3.3 B - Fire
safety: Volume 1: Dwellings and Volume 2: Buildings other than dwellings 3.4
C - Site preparation and resistance to contaminants and moisture 3.5 D -
Toxic substances 3.6 E - Resistance to the passage of sound 3.7 F -
Ventilation 3.8 G - Sanitation, hot water safety and water efficiency 3.9 H -
Drainage and waste disposal 3.10 J - Combustion appliances and fuel storage
systems 3.11 K - Protection from falling, collision and impact 3.12 L -
Conservation of fuel and power: Volume 1: Dwellings and Volume 2: Buildings
other than dwellings 3.13 M - Access to and use of buildings: Volume 1:
Dwellings and Volume 2: Buildings other than dwellings 3.14 O - Overheating
3.15 P - Electrical safety: Design and installation of electrical
installations 3.16 Q - Security in dwellings 3.17 R - High-speed electronic
communication networks 3.18 S - Infrastructure for the charging on electric
vehicles 3.19 Regulation 7 - Materials and workmanship PART 4: Meeting the
requirements of the Building Regulations 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Foundations 4.3
Ventilation 4.4 Drainage 4.5 Cellars and basements 4.6 Floors 4.7 Walls 4.8
Ceilings 4.9 Roofs 4.10 Chimneys and fireplaces 4.11 Stairs 4.12 Windows 4.13
Doors 4.14 Access routes 4.15 Corridors and passageways 4.16 Sanitary
accomodation, bathrooms and showers 4.17 Electrical safety 4.18 Combustion
appliances 4.19 Hot water storage 4.20 Liquid fuel storage 4.21 Kitchens and
utility rooms 4.22 Loft conversions 4.23 Extensions and additions to
buildings 4.24 Conservatories
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He served with the Royal Corps of Signals (for a total of 37 years) during which time he held various managerial posts culminating in being appointed as the Chief Engineer of NATOs Communication Security Agency (ACE COMSEC). Most of Ray's work since leaving the Services has centred on the European Railways.
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