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There are few house designs which will not require the input of a structural engineer at some point. Although span tables are available for structural timbers such as floor, ceiling[for the purposes of part B of the Approved Documents] - A part of a building which encloses and is exposed overhead in a room, protected shaft or circulation space. (The soffit of a rooflight is included as part of the surface of the ceiling, but not the frame. An upstand below a rooflight would be considered as a wall.)[for the purposes of part B of the Approved Documents] – A part of a building which encloses and is exposed overhead in a room, protected [...] April 20th, 2010 | Tags: approval, calculations, drawings, engineers, HVAC engineers, loadings, plans, span tables, structural calculations, structural engineers | Category: | Leave a comment The Building RegulationsThese are the legal regulations which govern how a house is constructed. (not to be confused with Planning Permission which is about whether you are allowed to build the house at all or what it might look like) see Building Regulations), part LThe Building Regulations, part L is the section which covers energy conservation for new buildings (with part L1A covering new buildings and part L1B covering existing ones), is the section which covers energy conservation for new buildings (with part L1A covering new buildings and part L1B covering existing ones) At present there is a period of transition which is well explained in an NHBCThe National House-Building Council describes itself as being “the leading warranty and insurance provider [...] February 20th, 2010 | Tags: AECB gold, AECB silver, air changes, air changes per hour, air quality, air tightness, airtight, approval, bathroom, boiler, calculations, Code for Sustainable Homes, Code for Sustainable Homes level 5, Code for Sustainable Homes level 6, combined heat and power, condensation, conservation, CSH, CSH level 6, dew point, draft excluder, drafts, ecohomes, Energy performance certificate, EPC, expanded polystyrene, external insulation, external wall insulation, fan test, fuel, fuels, green design, ground source heat pump, heat reclamation, heat recovery, heat recovery ventilation, heating, high frequency, hot water, HVAC engineers, Insulating concrete forms, interstitial, Kingspan, Kit houses, L1A, L1B, law, lighting design, low E, low energy, mineral fibre, MVHR, natural lighting, part L, passive gain, passive solar, Passivhaus, Passivhaus standard, pellet, pellets, phenolic foam, photo voltaic, plans, polyurethane, quilt, radiators, regulations, retrofit, rock wool, SAP, saving energy, secondary glazing, SEDBUK, solar collector, solar hot water, standards, stove, superinsulation, thermal bridge, thermal bridging, thermal store, tripple glazed, tripple glazing, TRVs, U value, warmcell, wind generator, wind power, wind turbine, window, wood wool, woodwool, wool insulation | Category: | Leave a comment Permissions and regulations The two main permissions you will most often require for building work are Planning Permissionthe legal basis for being allowed to do some form of development such as building a house. (not to be confused with Building RegulationsThese are the legal regulations which govern how a house is constructed. (not to be confused with Planning Permission which is about whether you are allowed to build the house at all or what it might look like) see Building Regulations) which is all about whether the building is properly constructed). see more on Planning Permission and Building Regulations consent. Planning Permission deals with the overall issue of what kind of houses are permissible in which area. The planning officers are employed by the local council. Building Regulations deal with whether the building [...] July 13th, 2008 | Tags: aesthetics, air tightness, approval, building regulations, Code for Sustainable Homes, Code for Sustainable Homes level 5, Code for Sustainable Homes level 6, construction, CSH level 6, demolishing, demolition, demolitions, disabled access, Eco label, Energy performance certificate, EPC, fees, habitat, health, health and safety, Hetas, home report, IP ratings, IP zones, law, legal models, loadings, party wall, planning, planning approval, planning permission, WEEE, wildlife, Wildlife and Countryside Act | Category: | 2 comments February 2013 See the government web site on Building RegulationsThese are the legal regulations which govern how a house is constructed. (not to be confused with Planning Permission which is about whether you are allowed to build the house at all or what it might look like) see Building Regulations) Building Regulations deal with whether the building is built properly and is safe and energy efficient etc. more+/-» They are not to be confused with Planning Consentthe legal basis for being allowed to do some form of development such as building a house. 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