Hi

I live in semi with all houses, with 10m drive, and all houses in area
have garages...1m from side back door joined, and both comprising of
a flat roof !

The front of the house is south facing( and makes the garage an idea
place for a sunny dayroom). remove door and put in window

My question is: Can I remove the flat felt roof and put a conservatory
roof on the garage ?

I was thinking of a polycarb, edwardian style. This would put little
strain on the single brick walls ?

Any comments would be helpfull !

Any web address of details in garge convertion would be great ...
planning to DIY the job

Thanks
R

On Feb 16, 3:33*pm, ramrod wrote:
The front of the house is south facing( and makes the garage an idea
place for a sunny dayroom). remove door and put in window
My question is: Can I remove the flat felt roof and put a conservatory
roof on the garage ?
I was thinking of a polycarb, edwardian style. * This would put little
strain on the single brick walls ?

Both these ideas would require planning permission, which would
likely be denied on grounds of 1. reduction in off-street parking
(although with 10 metres of drive you could probably argue you have
enough already) 2. development out of character with the surroundings
- especially as you would be changing one half of a semi. I'm not sure
if you would be covered by the 'conservatory' exemptions from Building
Regs having 3 'solid' walls. It might be classed as conversion to a
habitable room, which would also need planning permission as well as
Building Regs approval.

Owain