Building Control Guide Notes

• Leaflet 01 - Domestic Conservatories and Porches 54.85 KB
• Leaflet 02 - Means of Escape Windows 26.21 KB
• Leaflet 03 - Loft Conversion Advice - for Existing Two Storey Dwellings 98.35 KB
• Leaflet 04 - Safety Glass - Where is it needed? 94.71 KB
• Leaflet 05 - Replacement Windows to Dwellings 35.32 KB
• Leaflet 06 - Detached Domestic Single Storey Buildings - Sheds/Greenhouses/Garages and Attached Carports Exempt From Building Regulations 39.16 KB
• Leaflet 07 - Domestic Timber Floors - Timber Sizes and Construction Details 108.36 KB
• Leaflet 08 - Timber Trimmer Beams and Joists - Sizes and Details For Trimming Around Openings 48.62 KB
• Leaflet 09 - Ceiling and Flat Roofs - Timber Sizes and Construction Details 111.67 KB
• Leaflet 10 - Part E - Resistance to the Passage of Sound 81.32 KB
• Leaflet 11 - Choosing a Reputable Contractor 55.41 KB
• Leaflet 12 - Drainage and Waste Disposal - Part H 44.77 KB
• Leaflet 14A - Approved Document B (Fire Safety) - Volume 1: Dwelling houses (2006 Edition) - Main Changes 428.86 KB
• Leaflet 14B - Approved Document B (Fire Safety) Volume 2: Buildings other than dwelling houses (2006 Edition) - Main Changes 1.11 MB
• Leaflet 15 - Part M - Part M and Approved Document M - Access for All 76.65 KB
• Leaflet 15A - Approved Document M - Access for All - Summary of technical changes 55.65 KB
• Leaflet 15B - Disability Rights Commission - The Disability Discrimination Act 1995 - What you need to know about making changes to your premises 31.51 KB
• Leaflet 15C - Access Statements Guidance Notes 144.52 KB
• Leaflet 15D - Building Regulations Part M 2004 - Designers' Checklist of Provisions/Areas for Consideration 91.19 KB
• Leaflet 15E - CABE - Guide to Planning - Design and Access Statements 
• Leaflet 16 - Smoke Detectors in Dwellings 61.7 KB
• Leaflet 17 - Building Regulation Regularisation Application 126.26 KB
• Leaflet 18 - Purlin and Rafter Roofs - Timber Sizes and Construction Details 152.39 KB
• Leaflet 19 - Householder Guide to Sustainable Design and Construction of Building Extensions and Loft Conversions 202.74 KB
• Leaflet 20 - Approved Document Part P - Electrical Safety in Dwellings 245.36 KB
• Leaflet 21 - Approved Document A - Structure: Summary of Changes 45.34 KB
• Leaflet 22 - Approved Document C1 - Site Preparation/Resistance to Contaminants and C2 - Resistance to Moisture 82.84 KB
• Leaflet 23 - Condensing Boilers - Changes to Approved Document L1 - Conservation of Fuel and Power in Dwellings 37.65 KB
  
  Conservation of Fuel and Power 2006
  
• Leaflet 24 - Guide 1 - Transitional Provisions 44.29 KB
• Leaflet 24 - Guide 2 - New areas of work that are covered by the Regulations 79.26 KB
• Leaflet 24 - Guide 2 - New areas of work that are covered by the Regulations (Surveyors version) 106.66 KB
• Leaflet 24 - Guide 3 - Competent Person schemes and exemption of minor works 50.59 KB
• Leaflet 24 - Guide 4 - L1A Conservation of Fuel and Power 2006 - New Dwellings 200.7 KB
• Summary of L1A - New Dwellings - Designers and Builders Requirements
• Approved Document L1A Checklist 69.13 KB
• Leaflet 24 - Guide 5 - Approved Document L1B: Conservation of Fuel and Power - Work in Existing Dwellings 180.43 KB
• Leaflet 24 - Guide 6 - Approved Document L2B: Conservation of Fuel and Power - Work in Existing Buildings other than Dwellings 245.79 KB
•  Leaflet 25 - Radon Gas in Tameside 26.42 KB

Department for Communities and Local Government:

• Approved Documents and Building Regulations publications
• Danger - Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Guide
• Garden Walls Guide
• Party Wall Act Advice
• Solid Fuel, Wood and Oil Burning Appliances Safety
• Guide to the Condensing Boiler Installation Assessment Procedure for Dwellings
• Gas and Oil-heating Boilers - Advice to Householders
• Building Regulations Explanatory Booklet
• Domestic Heating Compliance Guide
• Non-Domestic Heating Compliance Guide
• Low or zero carbon energy sources - Strategic Guide
• Energy Performance of Buildings  
• A Guide for Business - Reducing the Energy Usage and Carbon Emissions from Your Heating and Hot Water Systems 

LABC - Local Authority Building Control

LABC is the member organisation of Local Authority Building Control in England and Wales.

Please follow the link below to access full details of all LABC services, Home Warranties, Commercial Building Defects Guarantees and marketing information.

http://www.labc.uk.com/site/index.php 

Capita Gas Registration and Ancillary Services Ltd

http://www.gassaferegister.co.uk 

Health and Safety during your construction works

If you are having construction or refurbishment work done, you may need to notify the Health & Safety Executive (HSE) and you may have other duties also - find out more.

http://www.hse.gov.uk/construction/cdm/buildingcontrol.htm 

The following additional link will take you to the HSE Topics guidance page which will allow to search additional subjects relating to construction safety. http://hse.gov.uk/guidance/topics.htm 

Specify useful guidance being:

Asbestos http://www.hse.gov.uk/asbestos/index.htm 

Falls from height including guidance on ladder saftey http://www.hse.gov.uk/falls/index.htm 

Working on roofs http://www.hse.gov.uk/falls/roof.htm 

Confined spaces http://www.hse.gov.uk/confinedspace/index.htm 

Personal protective equipment at work http://hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg174.pdf 

The absolutely essential health and safety toolkit for the smaller construction contractor http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg344.pdf