I'm in the middle of sorting out the rewiring of a property and am led
to believe that extraction fans are required in the kitchen and bathroom
if it is to be let. Is that correct?

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Frank
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"F" wrote in message
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I'm in the middle of sorting out the rewiring of a property and am led to
believe that extraction fans are required in the kitchen and bathroom if
it is to be let. Is that correct?

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http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/upl...F_ADF_2006.pdf

There ya go.

H

On 04/01/2007 21:35 HLAH wrote:

http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/upl...F_ADF_2006.pdf

There ya go.

Thanks! All I have to do now is translate it into English!

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Frank
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F wrote:
On 04/01/2007 21:35 HLAH wrote:

http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/upl...F_ADF_2006.pdf

There ya go.

Thanks! All I have to do now is translate it into English!

Well if you do, do bear in mind the other replies which point out that
these building regs are irrelavant to your letting scenario; as are
basically the regs themselves unless your property was built since they
were released...

David

On 06/01/2007 18:57 Lobster wrote:

Well if you do, do bear in mind the other replies which point out that
these building regs are irrelavant to your letting scenario; as are
basically the regs themselves unless your property was built since they
were released...

One response was a clear 'no' but another was 'They are required in most
cases as part of building regs anyway'. Which leaves me confused!

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Frank
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F wrote:
On 06/01/2007 18:57 Lobster wrote:

Well if you do, do bear in mind the other replies which point out that
these building regs are irrelavant to your letting scenario; as are
basically the regs themselves unless your property was built since
they were released...

One response was a clear 'no' but another was 'They are required in most
cases as part of building regs anyway'. Which leaves me confused!

I suspect the "no" was in connection with the letting scenario, which is
correct; and the "They are required in most cases as part of building
regs anyway" is also correct, but the building regs concerned may or may
not apply to you, as I tried to explain in my post. Both those answers
suffered from being too brief, hence they were apparently totally
contradictory!

If you want a one-word answer to your query: tell us when the property
was built, and whether you are changing the use of either bathroom or
bedroom.

You might also want to look at my (conicidental) current thread about
condensation in rented properties, which is why I said I thought you'd
be daft not to go ahead and fit the extractors regardless! :-)

David

F wrote:

I'm in the middle of sorting out the rewiring of a property and am led
to believe that extraction fans are required in the kitchen and bathroom
if it is to be let. Is that correct?

no

F wrote:
I'm in the middle of sorting out the rewiring of a property and am led
to believe that extraction fans are required in the kitchen and bathroom
if it is to be let. Is that correct?

Only if the rooms concerned are undergoing a change of use (ie different
room is now the kitchen and/or bathroom) or if one or both is completely
internal; or if the property was built since the current regs came into
being which say that new builds must comply.

Nothing specific to being let; however IMHO if you're rewiring the place
anyway you'd be nuts not to incorporate both... it will benefit the
property in keeping it properly ventilated. Let properties are
notorious for condensation/mould problems.

David

F wrote:
I'm in the middle of sorting out the rewiring of a property and am led
to believe that extraction fans are required in the kitchen and bathroom
if it is to be let. Is that correct?

They are required in most cases as part of building regs anyway.