Tx2 wrote:
In article ,
thought we might be interested in the
following...
If your conservatory is exempt from building regs - which most are -
there *must* be a final exit door between the house and conservatory
so that they are thermally isolated.
What law, if any, is being broken if there isn't this arrangement?
None, these idiotic rules are in place to stop people doing what they want,
they often fail...see below.
My wife's nephew and partner have recently bought and renovated a
house where the conservatory is an extension to the lounge, merely
now having part of the original wall as a divider.
They had a surveyor look at the property - a mid terrace house - prior
to purchasing.
And he couldn't care less!
In addition, the conservatory is physically joined to next doors'
conservatory, both sharing a rain channel, albeit along the top of the
brick wall that divides them. Apparently, the previous owners were
very good mates!
They are often used as a means of putting up extensions without
permission....a conservatory goes up, complete with idiotic doors betwixt
house and it, 3 months down the line doors get removed, 6 months down the
line, polycarbonate roof gets replaced with timber and tiles and hey-presto,
it's an extension without building control, local council etc being
involved....the drawbcks often only surface when the house is being sold and
no plans are found, then it either gets taken down, or the appropriate
amount of cash required to get it up to scratch is knocked off the asking
price by the buyer's solicitor.