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Certificate of compliance

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  • 19-02-2008 3:14pm
    #1
    CapedCrusader
    Registered Users Posts: 215 ✭✭


    Hi folks,

    I'm sure this has been asked a bazillion times... but...

    We are selling our house, which has a converted attic. We're informed that we'll need a certificate of compliance for the attic. What is the best way of going about this?

    Many thanks in advance


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    Mellor
    Registered Users Posts: 39,024 ✭✭✭✭Mellor


    When converting the attic, did you install door closers in first floor bed room doors?

    To get a get you need to get in contact with an engineer or architect (preference for the person involved with the build/conversation), and get them to sign off on the work


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    CapedCrusader
    Registered Users Posts: 215 ✭✭CapedCrusader


    Thanks a million for the reply.

    It's a bungalow :-)

    What implication does that have?


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    sinnerboy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,433 ✭✭✭sinnerboy


    you need - in very broad terms , probably ( not an exhaustive list )
    fire
    windows suitable for means of escape in case of fire to bedrooms
    a "real" stairway
    smoke alarm top and bottom of stairway
    no need for door closers assuming only ground + attic levels
    insulation
    - to regs
    structural
    design - verified
    ventilation
    min 2400 headroom - over aprox half of attic space
    room vents
    roof vents - at soffits and apex


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    CapedCrusader
    Registered Users Posts: 215 ✭✭CapedCrusader


    sinnerboy wrote: »
    you need - in very broad terms...

    Thanks for this.

    Are these the requirements for the attic space to qualify as habitable space? We are not advertisiing the space in the attic as habitable... it's just a storage area. In this case, does the conversion have to comply with those broad points you listed above?


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    sinnerboy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,433 ✭✭✭sinnerboy


    structural . is conversion stable
    insulation - is it adequate
    ventilation - is roof properly venilated to prevent structural timber rotting


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    carpentoza
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    get an engineer or architect to certify that the roof wont fall in.
    Thats all you require in your case.


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    sinnerboy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,433 ✭✭✭sinnerboy


    not true . you will need what the solicitor says you need - an architects , or engineers certificate of compliance .

    that professional will judge what is is required or not upon inspection


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    Mellor
    Registered Users Posts: 39,024 ✭✭✭✭Mellor


    carpentoza wrote: »
    get an engineer or architect to certify that the roof wont fall in.
    Thats all you require in your case.
    This is wrong.
    Compliance is base on all the regs, not just part A (that the roof wont fall in)


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    250882
    Closed Accounts Posts: 206 ✭✭250882


    ....and on planning permission if i'm not mistaken. Any extra windows, dormers etc?


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    bertie1
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 509 ✭✭✭bertie1


    There must be an 8 ft ceiling on 1/3 of the roof space ( minimum requirement) to the ratio of floor space in the convertion. If the floor space is larger than 2/3 it does not qualify as habitable space.


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    Mellor
    Registered Users Posts: 39,024 ✭✭✭✭Mellor


    bertie1 wrote: »
    There must be an 8 ft ceiling on 1/3 of the roof space ( minimum requirement) to the ratio of floor space in the convertion. If the floor space is larger than 2/3 it does not qualify as habitable space.
    I think he already said he wasn't looking at classing it as habitable, but in the interest of correct info for other users reading this i'm going to make a chance to the above.

    Its not 1/3 and its not based of floor area.
    Its actually 1/2 and its area at a height of 1500mm.

    The area at a height of 2400mm is to be not less than half the area at a height of 1500mm


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