"Owain" wrote in message
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John wrote:
Sorry to hijack this thread but does anybody know the answer to my
question. A neighbour wants to 'knock through' from his kitchen/dining
area ito his conservatory. In effect he will be taking out the existing
back door and kitchen window and making it into a large opening, there
will be no doors in the opening it will be just that, an opening. He
knows he will need a lintel (or RSJ) but what about permission of some
sort? He thinks he can do what he wants as it is his house,


That's what some accountant said on TV the other night when building his
own extension, as he was lead off to prison for 3 months and the council
moved in to demolish his attempt.

I would say he is more than capable of doing the job as he built his own
garage a few years ago.

Irrelevant whether he does the work himself or hires a builder, but it is
notifiable work, a building regs application must be made to the local
council, and the work must comply with building regulations.

Simply put, it *won't* comply with building regs unless he has
exterior-grade doors between the house and the conservatory.

Owain



you obviously have sound only on your tv, i actually saw the pictures and
quite frankly the workmanship he demonstrated left a lot to be desired, it
was abismal and bordered on being quite scary that someone could actually
build something like that and not realise the errors he was making