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New Part L building Regulation (2010)

  • 12-01-2011 10:17am
    #1
    PML84
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    Does anybody know what the story is with the proposed new building regs part L that were supposed to be brought in, in 2010? Were they brought in or was our just another case of our on-time government planning again. I have a draft copy of the 2010 version but when I go onto the website, here, they are still 2008 version. So wonder which is law?


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  • #2
    sinnerboy
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    Untill a newer version issues 2008 remains in force. Even then a transitional period will apply.

    This concerns anyone who is looking at the narrow confines of the law. Anyone self building should take a long term view and look way past building regs .


  • #3
    PML84
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12 ✭PML84


    Cheers Sinner


  • #4
    Mellor
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    I never understood the attitude that the minimum is automatically a target.


  • #5
    tba
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    I agree the new minimums should be the amount necessary to get an A energy rating.


  • #6
    galwaytt
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    tba wrote: »
    I agree the new minimums should be the amount necessary to get an A energy rating.

    Whilst I agree you should always aim as high as possible, you have to remember that not everyone can afford an A-rating, so you have to cater for those who are not as flush, or who the banks will only give a pittance to.

    For example, a B1 is still a good house, compared to std conventional building, here, and is very competitively priced.

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  • #7
    beyondpassive
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    I'd argue Galway that you can't afford not to go A rated. Insulation is cheap, fuel isn't.

    2010 Part L is being revised to improve some aspects of the regulations and to add some degree of building control. Its publication ill be beginning of march for any planning applications after end june 2011. Along with the 60% improvement over 2002 in the MPEPC, A rated will become the benchmark.

    My cousin in law built a one off dormer-galow in Carlow. Over the winter they have had to move to bedrooms downstairs as they couldn't sleep with the cold. When I visited the build in the summer to see the nice tiles and the butiful pine, I had a look at the insulation in the crawl space, about a 100mm of acoustic quilt insulation, with downlighers everywhere. This is a huge problem that people don't understand the regs and of course there is no 3rd party control.


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