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Garage Conversions carried out by Garage Conversion Campanies in Colchester do not involve a change of use as such and UK Building Regulations will therefore only apply to the structural alterations involved and to any other building controlled works such as drainage.
On many occasions a Garage Conversion Campanies in Colchester Conversion requires little more than the infilling of the existing garage doorway with a suitable construction.
This most often is largely made up of a window. Any infill will need to be supported by either foundations or suitable lintels. This is a structural alteration and as such requires building regulation approval.
Garage Conversion Campanies in Colchester will take care to ensure that suitable damp proof courses are incorporated to prevent water ingress at the new window reveals and where the new infill abuts the existing walls.
In some cases the garage already has cavity walling and the works are therefore substantially reduced. If however the existing garage has single leaf masonry walls with piers Garage Conversion Campanies in Colchester will carery out additional work to try to improve both thermal insulation and weather resistance.
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