In message , Jim K..
writes
Tim Lamb Wrote in message:
In message , Jim K..
writes
Tim Lamb Wrote in message:
In message , Chris Hogg
writes
On Wed, 19 Dec 2018 20:22:57 +0000, Tim Lamb
wrote:

Building control are stressing about the lack of a protected exit from a
bedroom in the chalet bungalow.

One way out:-) would be a top hung roof light. Marley concrete tiles.

Anyone done one? Any reasons why it needs a professional roofer?

When we had a dormer room put in our then bungalow, IIRC we only
needed a Velux roof light because the stairs down to the ground floor
came down into the kitchen-diner, a high-risk area apparently (chip
pan fires etc). That was 20 years ago and the regs may have changed
since then, but perhaps worth querying, and no I didn't do it myself,
although what was done didn't look that complicated.

The dormer rooms are fine as the windows meet the escape specification.

This one is classed as an *internal* living area. Had this cropped up
when the building regs. drawings were approved, the two planned roof
lights could have been installed in tandem: the lower then doubling as
an escape.



Cant you just point out you already have BR approved
plans &
shrug a bit?

I guess BC can then shrug a bit and refuse to sign off.

Actually the original approved design showed a protected corridor (fire
doors and smoke detector) giving access to a bathroom with an acceptable
window.

I had forgotten this when the doors were installed and sparkie missed
the smoke alarm. All retrievable but there is a cost/convenience balance
against the Velux route.


If the sparkie "missed" it get him to sort it?

Day rates. I could do it myself.

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Tim Lamb