"John Rumm" wrote in message
o.uk...
PeterC wrote:
On Thu, 27 Aug 2009 10:37:20 GMT, Stuart Noble wrote:

Isn't it amazing - they bog BCO's down with window and door related
bollox
whilst no-one gives a monkeys about the fundamentals...

Wasn't even a Barrats house (though, with a few exceptions, they all
seem as
bad as each other).
I imagine BCOs are limited to confirming that a particular stage of the
job has been completed, but not that it's been done properly. They can't
e.g. test the concrete, although I believe they do on major jobs.
A mate of mine used to do just that for a living, and said it was a
brave man who would raise issues when a fleet of trucks were lined up
ready to pour. Easier to go to the pub.

Mate of mine allowed an estate to get to eaves level then told the
builder
to correct the ceiling heights. The builder had used the old ploy of low
doorways so that there was the correct number of courses above - mate is
6'
4" tall and had noticed but decided that an expensive lesson was
required.

This was about 25 years ago - could be different now.

I think the only place a required ceiling height is mentioned in the
current BR is for over stairs....

7.5 feet in living areas.
Ie not in halls, kitchens, etc.