"neil leslie" wrote in message
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The previous owner of my flat blocked up the origianl kitchen door that
gave entrance to the kitchen from the hall and made entry from another
room [a room that I will use as a bedroom]. My plan is to block up the
new doorway and open up the original door once more. I have presented
plans to Building Control at my local council. They seem to be ok with
the door being replaced but the problem, and I did not see this coming,
is with the layout I propose for the refit of the kitchen. The kitchen
is tiny, about 5 ft by 7 ft, and Building Control say I should have
unobstructed access to the window for cleaning. This scuppers things as
I can't have my sink or any base unit in front of the window. None of
the kitchen planners I've had plans from pointed this out and the vast
majority of kitchens I've been in do have units/sinks in front of the
window. Suggestions as to how to proceed most welcome.


Ye gods, this is just plain crazyness!

As others have said, if your window handle is 1.7m then you could split the
door moving and kitchen refit into two distinct and separate projects. AFAIK
a kitchen refit doesn't require building regs!

If BC won't accept that, or it is impractical to move the door without
knobbling your present kitchen, then you could always fit a sacraficial
cheap-as-chips kitchen that does not impede the window - site the sink just
to the left or right if possible. You ought to be able to pick up some
dreadful affair for a couple of hundred quid.

Then, after the work is signed off you can decide that you hate the new
kitchen and refit with the one you originally wanted... May be a worthwhile
extra cost to get exactly what you wanted, and you have the BC signoff for
the alteration work.


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Richard Sampson

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