On Thu, 18 Jan 2007 12:45:28 +0000 (UTC), a particular chimpanzee
named "Lawrence Zarb" randomly hit the
keyboard and produced:

To avoid this I was thinking of not attaching the garage to the house so
as to avoid building regs altogther. If this is feasible what building
reg criteria must I meet to be exempt?

IMHO, if you can get a Rizla paper between your garage and your house,
it's detached. If it's detached, it's exempt if it's 30m^2, and
either substantially non-combustible or 1m from any boundary.
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