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About the Book

Domestic loft conversions have gained enormously in popularity as a way of providing more space without the substantial cost of moving house. One third of all new build houses have lofts that can be used for habitation. This book provides a technical manual for construction practitioners, as well as the self-build market on the technical, design and regulatory aspects of loft conversions for dwellings.

Table of Contents:
Preface. Acknowledgements. Chapter 1 - Planning and legal considerations. Permitted Development - The GPDO - Volume calculation - Certificates of Lawfulness - Curtilage and party walls - Conservation Areas - Article IV directions - Listed buildings - Planning permission - Planning applications - Planning guidance specific to loft conversions - Conditions affecting development - Unified Consent Regime - The Party Wall Act. Chapter 2 - The Building Regulations and building control. The Building Act 1984 and the Building Regulations - Approved Document guidance - Building control - Building control services - Full plans procedure - Building notice procedure - Notification and inspection of work - Certificate of Completion of Work - Disputes - The Determination procedure - The Relaxation/Dispensation procedure - Appeals - Buildings of historic or architectural interest - Electronic building control applications - Approved Inspector building control. Chapter 3 - External forms. Influences on form - Roof space only conversion - Box dormer conversion - Front box dormer - Full width dormer with masonry flanks - Mansard conversion - Hip-to-gable conversion - Side dormer conversion - Lean-to conversion - Half dormer - Existing attic rooms - Sleeping gallery -Traditional dormer forms - Gabled dormer - Hipped dormer - Flat former - Catslide dormer - Recessed dormer - Eyebrow dormer - Arched dormer - Segmental dormer - Pedimented dormer - Canted bay dormer - Design considerations - Fenestration - Roof details - Vertical cladding - External drainage. Chapter 4 - Fire. Fire resistance - Warning and escape - Floor height rules - Storey numbering - Single-storey dwellings - Two-storey dwellings - Three-storey dwellings - Sleeping galleries - Ongoing requirements - Elements and definitions - Proposed changes to guidance. Chapter 5 - Conversion survey. Survey procedure - Survey elements - Age of building - Headroom and floor to ceiling height - External relationships - Internal layout - Roof form - Roof structure - Roof condition - Walls - Foundations - Internal walls and partitions - Floor and ceiling structure - Strength of existing timber elements - Water tanks - Drainage and services - Chimneys. Chapter 6 - Beams and primary structure. Steel and timber structural design codes - Beam position relative to existing structure - Beam characteristics - Structural steel sections - Characteristics of engineered timber beams - Fire resistance of beams - Bearing plates - Padstones - Beam penetration - Beam splices - Bolted connections - Timber to masonry connections - Disproportionate collapse and loft conversions. Chapter 7 - Floor structure. The conversion floor - Elements of loft conversion floor design - Room ceiling height - Methods of support - Beam-supported floors - Underslung floor joists - Floor joists into beam webbing - Additional support for existing ceiling joists - Wall-supported floors - Floor joist selection - Binders - Floor joist-to-ceiling clearance - Strutting - Trimming - Lateral support by floors - Conversion floor fire and sound resistance - Floor materials and fixing - Flooring - Stairs - Stair configuration - Conventional stairs - Alternating tread stairs - Fixed ladders. Chapter 8 - Wall structure. External stud walls - Stud arrangement and spacing - Elements of stud wall construction - Sheathing - Breather membrane - Vertical cladding - Stud wall fire resistance - External masonry walls - Hip-to-gable conversion - Safety considerations - Lateral restraint of flank gable walls - Brick size and selection - Reclaimed bricks - New bricks - Solid blockwork - Mortar and brickwork - Parapet walls in loft conversions - Integrating new elements with old - Compartment (party) walls - Internal partitions - Window and door safety - Guarding - Glazing - Balustrades. Chapter 9 - Roof structure. The cut roof - The TDA truss - Trussed rafter roofs - Cut roof structural forms - Couple roof - Collar roof - Close couple roof - Lean-to roof - Butterfly roof - Double roofs - Cut roof structural elements - Common conversion alterations - Hip-to-gable conversion - Notches and holes - Lateral support for gables - Replacement roof coverings - Flat roofs - Warm deck - Cold deck - Preventing condensation - Ventilation - Attic trusses. Chapter 10 - Energy conservation. Status of the guidance - Windows and other openings - Fixed internal lighting - Heating and hot water systems - Insulation and thermal elements - Standards for new elements - Standards for replacement elements - Standards for retained elements - Standards for renovation of thermal elements - Additional obligations - Practical measures - Windows - Existing solid brick masonry walls - New solid brick masonry - New solid blockwork walls - Existing cavity masonry walls - New cavity masonry walls - New tile-hung stud walls - Existing or new pitched roof - New flat warm roof - Flat cold deck - Ventilation for occupants. Appendix 1 - Specification. Beams - New floor - Dormer walls - Hip-to-gable - Purlin walls - Internal partitions - Stair enclosure - Roof windows - Escape window - Windows and ventilation - Insulating existing roof slopes - Ventilating roof slopes - Warm deck flat roof - Cold deck flat roof - Stair access - Electrical - Drainage - Fire - Water tanks. Appendix 2 - The Building Regulations: appeals and determinations. Open-plan layout at ground-floor - Sprinkler systems and open-plan layouts - Potentially habitable rooms and enclosure - Doors of unknown fire resistance -. Open-plan layout escape windows - Definition of a stair - Stair design: pitch and going - Stair design: selective application of regulations - Means of escape: floors more than 7.5 m above ground level - Means of escape: ladder brackets - Means of escape: structural constraints - Sleeping gallery. Appendix 3 - Planning and curtilage. Interpretation of curtilage - appeal decision letter. Bibliography and references. Glossary Index

About the Author :
John Coutts was educated at the City of London School and Brasenose College, Oxford. A writer and television director, he has worked with the BBC and Reuters in the UK and Dow Jones in South East Asia. As well as writing on technology issues for specialist publications and the national press, he provides technical consultancy on building projects.

Review :
'If you are a competent builder who is branching out into loft conversions then this is a useful guide on the details.' Professional Builder


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781405130431
  • Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
  • Publisher Imprint: Blackwell Publishing Ltd
  • Height: 248 mm
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 666 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1405130431
  • Publisher Date: 19 Jul 2006
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Spine Width: 15 mm
  • Width: 189 mm


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