Building Control Guide Notes
- Leaflet 01 - Domestic Conservatories and Porches
- Leaflet 02 - Means of Escape Windows
- Leaflet 03 - Loft Conversion Advice - for Existing Two Storey Dwellings
- Leaflet 03B - When is Work to a Loft Area Controllable under the Building Regulations?
- Leaflet 04 - Safety Glass - Where is it needed?
- Leaflet 05 - Replacement Windows to Dwellings
- Leaflet 06 - Detached Domestic Single Storey Buildings - Sheds/Greenhouses/Garages and Attached Carports Exempt From Building Regulations
- Leaflet 07 - Domestic Timber Floors - Timber Sizes and Construction Details
- Leaflet 08 - Timber Trimmer Beams and Joists - Sizes and Details For Trimming Around Openings
- Leaflet 09 - Ceiling and Flat Roofs - Timber Sizes and Construction Details
- Leaflet 10 - Part E - Resistance to the Passage of Sound
- Leaflet 11 - Choosing a Reputable Contractor
- Leaflet 12 - Drainage and Waste Disposal - Part H
- Leaflet 14A - Approved Document B (Fire Safety) - Volume 1: Dwelling houses (2006 Edition) - Main Changes
- Leaflet 14B - Approved Document B (Fire Safety) Volume 2: Buildings other than dwelling houses (2006 Edition) - Main Changes
- Leaflet 15 - Part M - Part M and Approved Document M - Access for All
- Leaflet 15A - Approved Document M - Access for All - Summary of technical changes
- Leaflet 15B - Disability Rights Commission - The Disability Discrimination Act 1995 - What you need to know about making changes to your premises
- Leaflet 15C - Access Statements Guidance Notes
- Leaflet 15D - Building Regulations Part M 2004 - Designers' Checklist of Provisions/Areas for Consideration
- Leaflet 16 - Smoke Detectors in Dwellings
- Leaflet 17 - Building Regulation Regularisation Application
- Leaflet 18 - Purlin and Rafter Roofs - Timber Sizes and Construction Details
- Leaflet 19 - Householder Guide to Sustainable Design and Construction of Building Extensions and Loft Conversions
- Leaflet 20 - Approved Document Part P - Electrical Safety in Dwellings
- Leaflet 21 - Approved Document A - Structure: Summary of Changes
- Leaflet 22 - Approved Document C1 - Site Preparation/Resistance to Contaminants and C2 - Resistance to Moisture
- Leaflet 23 - Condensing Boilers - Changes to Approved Document L1 - Conservation of Fuel and Power in Dwellings
- Leaflet 25 - Radon Gas in Tameside
- Leaflet 26 - Competent Person Schemes and Exemption of Minor Works
- Leaflet 27 - Part G - Sanitation, Hot Water Safety and Water Efficiency 2010
- Leaflet 28 - Garage Conversions
Conservation of Fuel and Power 2010
- Leaflet 24 - Guide 1 - Staff Guide Thermal Elements Renovation/Replacement
- Leaflet 24 - Guide 2 - New areas of work that are covered by the Regulations
- Leaflet 24 - Guide 2 - New areas of work that are covered by the Regulations (Surveyors version)
- Leaflet 24 - Guide 3 - Competent Person schemes and exemption of minor works
- Leaflet 24 - Guide 4 - L1A Conservation of Fuel and Power 2010 - New Dwellings
- Leaflet 24 - Guide 5 - Approved Document L1B: Conservation of Fuel and Power - Work in Existing Dwellings
- Leaflet 24 - Guide 6 - Approved Document L2B: Conservation of Fuel and Power - Work in Existing Buildings other than Dwellings
- Leaflet 24 - Guide 7 - Approved Document L2A: Conservation of Fuel and Power - New Buildings Other than Dwellings
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 Building Services Compliance Guide
- Domestic Ventilation Compliance Guide
- Non-Domestic Building Services Compliance Guide
- Low or zero carbon energy sources - Strategic Guide
- Energy Performance of Buildings
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.
LABC Leaflets
- Commissioning of Heat Producing Appliances Burning Solid Fuel
- Installing Solid Fuel Stoves
- Builders Guidance Leaflet - Tile and Slate Information
- A Guide to the Building Regulations - Home Improvement
- Best Practice Note on Application of Building Regulations - Application of Part L to Conservatories attached to existing dwellings
- Best Practice Note on Application of Building Regulations - Retrofitting solar panels
- Enlargement or reduction of window openings when installing replacement windows and doors
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://www.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 safety 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://www.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