[Help] Building Regs

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Blue&WhiteSea

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• Feb 14, 2020

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Anyone on here know much about building regs?

We're in the process of selling our house and the solicitors property questionnaire asks about works requiring building regs.

We had a non load bearing internal wall opened up between the kitchen and living room a couple of years a ago and have no paperwork for it other than invoices.
I vaguely remember asking at the time if we needed any paperwork and the builder being fairly dismissive about needing anything. I probably should have persued it more at the time but am now worried that it will cause us issues.

Any ideas on where I stand and what I should do next?

 

Weststander

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• Feb 14, 2020

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If it’s genuinely non load bearing, then council’s Building Control wouldn’t have been contacted, the builder is correct. Nothing to disclose or even mention in the sale.

 

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Blue&WhiteSea

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Weststander said:

If it’s genuinely non load bearing, then council’s Building Control wouldn’t have been contacted, the builder is correct. Nothing to disclose or even mention in the sale.

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It's a Mid terrace 70s house and the wall that was opened up was a stud wall which had a frosted pane of perspex in it, next to that was an old boiler cupboard which was also knocked through, so pretty confident it wasn't load bearing.

 

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Drpepper

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• Feb 14, 2020

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If its a stud wall theres no way that is load bearing so it should be fine

 

Bold Seagull

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Hove

• Feb 14, 2020

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Drpepper said:

If its a stud wall theres no way that is load bearing so it should be fine

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Stud walls can be load bearing. Depends on what’s above.

 

Weststander

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Drpepper said:

If its a stud wall theres no way that is load bearing so it should be fine

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We had a stud work wall put in, but on either side there are engineering brick internal piers, with padstones, supporting a steel beam across the void. It’s supporting wall, but they do the supporting, not the stud work obviously.

 

Bold Seagull

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Mar 18, 2010

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Hove

• Feb 14, 2020

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Blue&WhiteSea said:

Anyone on here know much about building regs?

We're in the process of selling our house and the solicitors property questionnaire asks about works requiring building regs.

We had a non load bearing internal wall opened up between the kitchen and living room a couple of years a ago and have no paperwork for it other than invoices.
I vaguely remember asking at the time if we needed any paperwork and the builder being fairly dismissive about needing anything. I probably should have persued it more at the time but am now worried that it will cause us issues.

Any ideas on where I stand and what I should do next?

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To your knowledge you didn’t need building regs and your builder, and expert in that regard informed you you didn’t need them. So for your questionnaire I would think you’re safe to put no works that require building regulations.

 

Nitram

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Jul 16, 2013

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• Feb 15, 2020

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Not sure it’s that simple i.e on builders advice.
https://www.planningportal.co.uk/info/200130/common_projects/33/internal_walls/6

 

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The Hill of The Gun

• Feb 15, 2020

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The builder should have got a structural engineer to inspect it and confirm, in writing, that the wall was note load-bearing.