Loft conversions [[electronic resource] /] / John Coutts

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910830138103321
• Autore: Coutts John <1965->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Chichester, West Sussex, U.K. ; ; Ames, Iowa, : Wiley-Blackwell, 2013
• ISBN: 1-118-39998-6; 1-299-18127-9; 1-118-40001-1; 1-118-40002-X
• Edizione: [2nd ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (292 p.)
• Disciplina: 690.83; 728.314; 728/.314
• Soggetti: Lofts - Remodeling for other use
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Loft Conversions; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Planning and legal considerations; Permitted development; Permitted development law; Commentary on permitted development provisions - England; Permitted development restrictions; Curtilage: raising party walls; Conservation areas; Article IV directions; Planning conditions affecting permitted development; Listed buildings; Other conditions affecting development; Restrictive covenants; Mortgage lenders; Buildings and contents insurance; Tree preservation orders; Bats; Lawful Development Certificate; Planning permission; Planning applicationsSources of planning guidance; Supplementary planning guidance; Supplementary planning documents; Design guides; Design codes; Local Development Framework; Unitary Development Plan; The Party Wall etc. Act 1996; Procedure; Disputes; 2 The Building Regulations and building control; The Building Act 1984; The Building Regulations; Approved Document guidance; Compliance guides; Relationship between the Building Regulations and the Approved Documents; Building control; Local authority building control; Full plans; Building notice; Notification and inspection of work; Resolving Building Regulations disputesElectronic building control ; applications; Approved inspector building control; 3 External forms; Primary influences on form; Planning considerations; Pitch, plan and headroom; Stair access; Shallow-pitched roofs; Existing roof type; Conversion forms; Roof space only conversion; Box dormer conversion; Front box dormer conversion; Hip-to-gable conversion; Side dormer conversion; Full-width dormer with masonry flanks; Mansard conversion; Lean-to conversion; Half dormer; Existing attic rooms; Galleries and platforms; Traditional dormer forms; Gabled dormer; Hipped dormerFlat dormer (small); Cat slide dormer; Recessed dormer; Eyebrow dormer; Arched dormer; Segmental dormer; Pedimented dormer; Canted bay dormer; Design considerations; Fenestration; Roof detail; Vertical cladding and roofing materials; Chimney positions; Drainage; 4 Fire safety; Regulatory framework; Main changes to Approved Document B (2006); Fire resistance: basic requirements; Warning and escape; Floor height rules; Storey and floor numbering rules; Fire safety: common configurations - Floor not more than 4.5m above lowest ground level; Means of warning; Means of escape; One floor more than 4.5m above ground levelMeans of warning; First floor fire resistance; New floor (conversion); Escape windows; Means of escape; More than one floor over 4.5m above ground level; Galleries; Elements and terminology; Access room; AFD; Air circulation systems; Alternative escape route; Automatic self-closing devices (self closers); Balconies and flat roofs; Cavity barriers; Doors - glazing in final exit; Emergency egress (escape) windows and external doors; Escape route; Final exit; Fire curtains; Fire detection and fire alarm systems; Fire doors; Fire stopping and the protection of openings
• Sommario/riassunto: Pressure on space and changes in planning law mean that loft conversions are now at the forefront in the race to improve the performance of Britain's ageing housing stock. Since 1990, roof space conversions have increased UK housing capacity by more than 200 million square feet - a living area equivalent to a medium-sized city - without the loss of a single square foot of greenfield land.Loft Conversions is the definitive technical guide to the conversion of roof spaces in single family dwellings. It brings together a wealth of practical and regulatory guidance in a form tha