Spon's Practical Guide to Alterations & Extensions

265 Pages·2008·5.22 MB·English

by  Andrew Williams

Spon’s Practical Guide to Alterations and
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Spon’s Practical Guide to
Alterations and Extensions
Second Edition
Andrew R. Williams
Firsteditionpublished1995bySponPress
Secondeditionpublished2008
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For
Geraldine, my wife
and
Thomas Grenville Williams, my late father
and
Colin Paul Williams, my late brother
About the author
Andrew R. Williams is the managing director of a surveying practice. The
practice was first established in 1977 and since then has provided a wide
variety of quantity surveying and building surveying services.
www.andrewrwilliams.co.uk
By the same author
DomesticBuildingSurveys,E&FNSpon,London.APracticalGuidetoAlter-
ations and Extensions, E&FN Spon, London. A Practical Guide to Single
Storey House Extensions, Building Trade Magazine.
Contents
Preface to Second Edition ix
Preface to First Edition xi
Acknowledgements xiii
Part One: Introduction
1 A general guide to drawing the plan 3
2 The need for control 9
3 Planning and building control 11
Part Two: Householder Developments
4 House extension policies and The Party Wall etc Act 1996 15
5 Is planning approval necessary? 23
6 Applying for planning permission 31
7 Conservation areas/listed buildings/tree preservation orders 39
8 Other design aspects for consideration 49
Part Three: More on Building Control
9 More on building control 69
10 Is building control approval required? 75
11 Making the building control submission 77
Part Four: Building Construction
12 General information 89
13 The foundations 103
14 The external walls 111
15 The internal walls 121
16 Ground floors 125
17 Timber upper floors 131
18 Flat roofs 137
19 Pitched roofs 143
20 Finishes etc. 161
21 Ventilation 163
22 Staircases 165
viii Contents
23 Plumbing, drainage, heating, installation of boilers,
electrical works 169
24 Other building control aspects 175
Part Five: Mainly for Consultants/Conclusion
25 Preparing to meet the client 181
26 Meeting the client 183
27 Conclusion 191
Appendices
Appendix A: Checklist of items not addressed or often
missed off plans 193
Appendix B: A standard specification 195
Appendix C: Building construction terminology 205
Appendix D: ‘Housing Extensions’ Halton Borough Council 211
Index 245
Preface to Second Edition
RegulationschangewithalarmingregularityandonceagainIhavesetabout
updatingmybook.Thereasonsforwritingitinthefirstplacearethesame
as given in the first edition.
Andrew R. Williams FRICS,FCIOB,FBEng,DipHi
Andrew R. Williams & Associates Limited
Building Services (Technical) Limited
First Floor, HSL Buildings
437 Warrington Road
Rainhill
Merseyside L35 4LL