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Default Internal glass door building regs?

mogga wrote:
Are there building regs regarding internal doors with glass?

Someone's asking about a door made up from 4 single glazed panels
measuring approx 1 - 1 1/2 foot tall by 2 - 2 1/2 foot wide.


There are. They're called the Building Regulations, and they say that if
you carry out building work or make a material change of use of a
building, the work you do must meet the guidance, and (in the case of
alterations) the work you do mustn't make any other part of the building
any less compliant than before.

If you carry out any work that affects the building's structure or fire
safety, and as part of that, you replace or alter the internal door,
then, yes, you have to fit safety glass to that door to comply with
Building Regulations.

If you're just replacing the door or the glass, it must comply with the
General Product Safety Regulations 1994. This is controlled by Trading
Standards at your local or County Council. I assume it's controlled
reactively, i.e., following a complaint or serious HSE-reportable accident.

If it's an existing pane, I don't know if there are any regulations
covering its continued use. I can't imagine there are within a private
dwelling, unless some legal or informal registration schemes for HMOs or
student accommodation, etc., would cover it.
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