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Building Control Guidance DocumentsSimon Whale2025-04-17T10:37:06+01:00

Guidance Documents

1. Green Home Guide

2. Getting Plans right

3. Good Neighbour

4. Neighbour Consideration

5. Traditional Foundations

6. Raft Foundations

7. Trees in Clay Subsoils

8. Ground Floors

9. Drainage

10. Soakaways

11. Timber Upper Floors

12. External Walls

13. Pitched Roofs

14. Inspections

15. Smoke Alarms

16. Escape Windows

17. House Extensions Guide

18. Thermal Insulation Guide – Gold

19. Replacement Windows LABC Additional Guidance

20. Replacement Windows

21. Loft Conversions

22. Loft Conversions Additional Information

23. Garage Conversions

24. Electrical Safety

25. Means of Escape

26. Garden Walls

27. Flat Roofs

28. Part FLOS New dwellings

29. General electrical guidance, information & advice

30. Busy Builder – loft conversions

31. Regs Update – Sept 2023

32. Busy Builder – avoiding concealed services and overhead power lines

33. Busy builder – excavations

34. Busy Builder – domestic basements

35. Busy Builder – running a small construction site

36. Busy Builder – roof repair work

37. Busy Builder – fragile roofs

38. Surrey Act Guidance Sect 19

39. Find a registered electrician belonging to a CPS Scheme

40. Part-L-and-F-extensions-and-alterations

41. Renovating Your Home

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