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‘Under the Sun’, a Victorian terrace house in Birmingham is an outstanding example of bringing a fairly typical old building up to PassivhausSee more on the PassivhausSee more on the Passivhaus standard. The PassivHaus Institute has pioneered a standard for low energy buildings. It includes very low energy usage and ways of achieving this. The word is derived from the idea of buildings which are fundamentally low energy and passive solar heated rather than using extra gadgets to heat them. See Passivhaus for the UK branch of the organisation. standard. The PassivHaus Institute has pioneered a standard for low energy buildings. It includes very low energy usage and ways of achieving this. The word is derived [...] May 21st, 2011 | Tags: air quality, building, building contract, building materials, building regulations, building supplies, calculations, certification, Code for Sustainable Homes, Code for Sustainable Homes level 5, Code for Sustainable Homes level 6, construction, consultant, costings, CSH, CSH level 6, damp proofing, decision making, decorating, decoration, demolishing, demolition, demolitions, DPCs, DPM, DPMs, draft excluder, drafts, drawings, dry lining, embodied energy, Energy performance certificate, EPC, estimating, extend, extension, exterior, external insulation, external wall insulation, feed in tariff, floor boards, floor finishes, floors, fuel, fuels, green design, grey water, ground floor, ground source heat pump, ground source heat pumps, GSHP, hard surfaces, hardstanding, health and safety, heat recovery, heat store, heat stores, heating, hot water, internal walls, joinery, lifelong homes, lifetime homes, lighting, lighting design, lime render, maintenance, managing self build, materials, mineral fibre, mortgage, mortgages, natural finishes, natural paints, passive gain, passive solar, Passivhaus standard, phenolic foam, planning, planning approval, planning permission, polystyrene, polyurethane, preservatives, PV, radiators, rain water, regulations, repair, retrofit, reuse, reused, reverse metering, rock wool, SAP, secondary glazing, solar, sub contractor, temporary services, timber | Category: | Leave a comment demolition is not without its risks Building Controlthe local authority department which deals with the Building Regulations Demolition of existing buildings is covered on the Planning Portal web site. Also if there is a tenant in the building then check out Initial demolition notices Basically the local authority Building Controlthe local authority department which deals with 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) require 6 weeks [...] January 30th, 2011 | Tags: brownfield, building, building regulations, building site, cement, concrete, construction, demolishing, demolitions, digger, drains, excavating, foundations, hardcore, levelling, planning, planning permission, toxic waste | Category: | Leave a comment As soon as you have got 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 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 which is about whether you [...] November 8th, 2010 | Tags: building, building regulations, building site, construction, demolishing, demolitions, fence, fences, garden, habitat, hard surfaces, hardcore, hardstanding, health and safety, insurance, levelling, managing self build, office, security, services, setting out, soil, store, surveying, temporary services, water supply | 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. (not to [...] April 7th, 2008 | Tags: AECB, AECB gold, AECB silver, air changes per hour, approval, architectural technicians, balconies, basement, bathroom, below ground, breeze blocks, brick, building, building regulations, cable, cavity, cavity wall, certification, Code for Sustainable Homes, Code for Sustainable Homes level 5, Code for Sustainable Homes level 6, cold water, composting toilets, consumer unit, CSH, CSH level 6, damp proofing, demolishing, demolition, demolitions, DPC, DPCs, DPM, DPMs, drafts, drainage, drains, drawings, ecohomes, elcb, electric, electrics, fan test, fees, floor, floors, flues, foundations, gas plumbing, glazing, grey water, gutter, handrails, hardcore, hearth, heat recovery ventilation, heating, insulation, invert level, law, loadings, log stoves, low E, low energy, materials, party wall, passive gain, passive solar, purlin, radon, rainwater goods, reed bed, reed beds, regulations, retaining walls, rising damp, roof, roofs, SAP, saving energy, saving water, services, showers, sound, sound insulation, span, span tables, spiral stairs, standards, stop tap, stove, strip foundations, structural calculations, structural engineer, structural timber, SUDS, tanks, thermal bridge, thermal bridging, thermal mass, timber floors, tongued and grooved, toughened glass, trench fill, trenches, tripple glazed, tripple glazing, U value, waste storage, waste water, waste water plumbing, water supply, window, windows | Category: | Leave a comment |
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