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Certs of compliance for attic conversion

  • 07-09-2017 9:55pm
    #1
    thewiseowl12
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    Grateful for any advice.

    Living in an ex-corporation house in D12 and hoping to do some work on the attic area.

    The roof pitch at its highest in centre of attic and only about 6 ft 2 inches. There are 5 vertical timbers equally spaced running from gable to gablein the centre of attic and two purloins running from gable to gable holding up the rafters. The attic had been floored in the centre (on top of existing attic floor joists) for storage when I purchased it and there is insulation between the joists. The attic is accessed via a ladder.

    Essentially I want to turn the attic into a home office. For this I'm planning to install a large velux to the rear of the house, remove one of the vertical timbers to create more space, replacing it with a collar, and fix plasterboard etc to the rafters to finish it off. Access will be via a stira. I understand that the attic will not be a habitable space.

    My two specific queries are:

    1) will an architect provide a certificate of compliance for this work given it has already been started (the flooring) or only willing to provide "an opinion of compliance". I'm a bit confused on the difference, or more particularly, whether the "opinion of compliance" is sufficient to not affect sale of the property in future.
    2) What would the costs of obtaining the relevant certificates be, presuming there's bothcompliance and structural certs?

    Many thanks


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  • #2
    Gumbo
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 40,339 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gumbo


    thewiseowl12 wrote: »
    Grateful for any advice.

    Living in an ex-corporation house in D12 and hoping to do some work on the attic area.

    The roof pitch at its highest in centre of attic and only about 6 ft 2 inches. There are 5 vertical timbers equally spaced running from gable to gablein the centre of attic and two purloins running from gable to gable holding up the rafters. The attic had been floored in the centre (on top of existing attic floor joists) for storage when I purchased it and there is insulation between the joists. The attic is accessed via a ladder.

    Essentially I want to turn the attic into a home office. For this I'm planning to install a large velux to the rear of the house, remove one of the vertical timbers to create more space, replacing it with a collar, and fix plasterboard etc to the rafters to finish it off. Access will be via a stira. I understand that the attic will not be a habitable space.

    My two specific queries are:

    1) will an architect provide a certificate of compliance for this work given it has already been started (the flooring) or only willing to provide "an opinion of compliance". I'm a bit confused on the difference, or more particularly, whether the "opinion of compliance" is sufficient to not affect sale of the property in future.
    2) What would the costs of obtaining the relevant certificates be, presuming there's bothcompliance and structural certs?

    Many thanks

    You need an engineer to see what's on site, determine what you can remove and design what you need to replace it with. Then he will issue a cert of compliance if you can comply with his works.

    You have some essential fire safety upgrades to carry out also.


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