On 16/08/18 12:12, Nightjar wrote:
On 16/08/2018 09:35, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
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Its not particularly onerous. But it does set a precedent for
retroactive building regulations which is slightly worrying.

There is no retroactive application of construction standards to septic
tanks.

Yes, there is.

The regulation says that by 2020 or if you sell the house you must
modify your private sewage plant to meet a given standard.

This legislation merely bans existing practices that may be
damaging to the environment. Precedents for that go back to 1306, when
Edward I banned the burning of coal in London. The Clean Air Act 1956 is
a more modern example, but virtually all environmental legislation does
something similar.



That is exactly the same. 90% of building regulations are effectively
banning something or other.

Corridoors less than 900mm are banned. stairs steeper than 45 degrees
are banned (or something similar) Airtight rooms with solid fuel or gas
fires in are banned. windows smaller than a given size are banned on
forst floors and upwards.

walls without insulation are banned. Ditto floors and rooves.

BUT this has never been made retrospective.

Building regulations aim to build to new better standards. They have
never inisted on modifications to existing properties.

This regulation does that.


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