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temporary non-structural partition wall, possible?

  • 06-12-2014 3:23pm
    #1
    KatieDot
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15 ✭


    Hi all,

    So myself and my OH are trying to rent at the moment and saw a great flat this morning. Top floor of (Victorian?) building. Needs 'dressing' up but would do. However, although the unit has planning permission as separate units - each has separate cooking and bathroom facilities - the sub-division is not secure (owners never partitioned them).

    Basically its an open corridor and stairs to upstairs. Ground floor = flat one. Return & third story = second flat. Is it possible to put in a temporary (plywood/something) division with a door? Three sides of a square, one of which has stairs. Know it wouldn't be completely secure but would give one layer of privacy? How long would this take (assuming landlord consent) and what would be approximate cost be?


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  • #2
    galwaytt
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    ..to answer your specific question, yes it is possible and straightforward, using either studwork or stud & track, clad with plasterboard.

    Now, however, if you're in a 3-storey rented property (if I've understood it correctly), it does need to comply with fire regulations, and as such the stairs must be 'boxed in' in any case. This would be part of the detail of the planning permission it has, so you'd want to see that planning..........you can look it up online.

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  • #3
    Drift
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    I'd be very cautious about Fire Safety and Fire Safety Certification in this case OP.

    If a Fire Safety Certificate was obtained for these flats (which it should have been) it almost certainly would have mandated protection of the staircase, which isn't done. So as far as I can see it there's one of two things going on:

    1. The development does not have fire certification - which is very bad.
    2. A plan was submitted to acheive fire certification and was never acted on - which is also very bad.

    Both of these things would cause me to walk away from it. There may be an innocent explanation, of course, but it would need to be a good one!!!

    Before you commit to anything OP find out the Fire Safety Certificate status of the development.


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