What is the technical guidance document?

Technical Guidance Documents are published to accompany each part of the Building Regulations indicating how the requirements of that part can be achieved in practice.

What are the Building Regulations 2010?

Regulations 2010. The regulations apply to most new buildings and many alterations to existing buildings. A series of approved documents provide general guidance about how specific aspects of building design and construction can comply with the Building Regulations.

What is Part B of the Building Regulations?

Approved Documents provide guidance on how to meet the building regulations. Part B contains guidance on fire safety, including means of escape, fire spread, structural fire protection and fire service access.

What is the minimum turning circle requirement at a corridor junction?

A corridor must be at least 1500mm wide to permit a wheelchair to make a three point turn. This book, however, recommends turning space of 1800mm as the standard in all but domestic situations. This dimension will facilitate people using all kinds of wheelchair, including powered wheelchairs.

What is Part D of Building Regulations?

Part D of the Second Schedule to the Building Regulations, (as amended) provides as follows: Materials and workmanship D1 All works to which these Regulations apply shall be carried out with proper materials and in a workmanlike manner.

Are windows covered by Building Regulations?

All windows, including roof-lights and roof windows, must meet the requirements in the regulations (particularly thermal performance) and they must be fitted so as to comply with all the relevant sections of the building regulations – see what these are below. Doors are also covered if they have more than 50% glazing.

What is Regulation 7 of the building regulations?

Regulation 7 provides guidance on materials and workmanship, i.e. the use of the appropriate materials for a construction and how those who are working on the building must behave in a workmanlike manner.

What is Regulation 5 of building regulations?

Regulation 5 of the Building Regulations specifies the following circumstances as material changes of use: a building is used as a dwelling where previously it was not. a building contains a flat where previously it did not. a building is used as an hotel or boarding house where previously it was not.

What is a protected stairway?

A protected stairway is designed to provide virtually ‘fire sterile’ areas which lead to places of safety outside the building. Once inside a protected stairway, a person can be considered to be safe from immediate danger from flame and smoke. They can then proceed to a place of safety at their own pace.

What is Part C of the Building Regulations?

Building Regulations – Part C Site Preparation and Resistance to Contaminants and Moisture. Section C1 of the Building Regulations is concerned with the health and safety of the building’s users in particular regard to the effects of pollution and contaminants which may be present on the site.

What is Part M compliant?

Part M Doors may also be known as Disability Compliant which is a regulation in place that requires doors to have a certain minimum opening space requirement to allow wheelchair access within a property or building.

What is an effective turning radius?

Transit vehicles typically require an effective turning radius of approximately 20–30 feet, depending on lane width and presence of curbside parking lanes or buffer distance.

Do building regulations apply to old buildings?

The building regulations only apply to new work and there is no general requirement to upgrade all existing buildings to meet these standards.

Are any buildings exempt from building regulations?

Detached buildings If the floor area is between 15-30m2 you will not normally require building regulations providing that the building is either at least 1m from the boundary or it is constructed of substantially non-combustible material.

Do I need building regs to change a front door?

Regulations only apply to new doors if more than 50% of the door and frame, including the fanlight, is glazed and if this is the case, then safety glazing will be required.

What is approved document 7?

When did Regulation 7 start?

This approved document supports regulation 7: Materials and workmanship. It takes effect on 1 July 2013 and is for use in England*. The 1999 edition will continue to apply to work started before 1 July 2013, or to work subject to a building notice, full plans application or initial notice submitted before 1 July 2013.

What is regulation 8 of the 2010 building regulations?

8. Parts A to D, F to K, and P (except for paragraphs G2, H2 and J7) of Schedule 1 shall not require anything to be done except for the purpose of securing reasonable standards of health and safety for persons in or about buildings (and any others who may be affected by buildings, or matters connected with buildings).

Do I need a protected stair?

Generally, every internal escape stair should be a protected stairway. They should be relatively free of potential sources of fire and so should not be used for anything else, other than providing a lift well or housing an electricity meter.

Do you need a fire door under stairs?

As the stairway is the only means of escape from the upper floors, it must be constructed of material that is fire resistant for at least 30 minutes and all habitable rooms along it are required to have FD20-rated fire doors.

What are the legal requirements for designing stairs?

Functional requirements and guidance on compliance for stairs are given in various Parts of the Building Regulations namely Part B for escape, Part K for stairs in general and Part M for stairs suitable for ambulant disabled people. Designers should refer to the relevant Part and accompanying TGD when designing stairs.

What are the technical guidance documents for building regulations?

13. Technical Guidance Document K – Stairways, Ladders, Ramps and Guards 14. Technical Guidance Document L – Conservation of Fuel and Energy – Buildings other than Dwellings Technical Guidance Documents are published to accompany each part of the Building Regulations indicating how the requirements of that part can be achieved in practice.

Is there guidance on hazard warning surfaces at the head of stairs?

(o) there is no guidance on hazard warning surfaces at the head of internal stairs as there is no recognised warning/hazard surface for internal use that can be guaranteed not to constitute a trip hazard when used alongside flooring with different frictional resistances.

What are the building regulations for accessibility?

Building regulations for access to and use of buildings in dwellings and buildings other than dwellings and provides a baseline for accessibility in the built environment. The 2015 edition with 2016 amendments of ‘Approved Document M: access to and use of buildings Volume 1: dwellings’ only covers dwellings and contains updated guidance.