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@Airhead @Sheppz @aggi @konastab01
Thanks. Think that tallies with our googling so far. Can see the need for the regs of course, but seemed odd to have to build an extra wall in order to close it off. Fancy sprinklers probably the way forward. Or staggering the work so that the hallway/door comes last, with a separate contractor, then running out of money and having to postpone that bit...
(The running out of money bit might not be a lie in any event. Architect started out with 'sure, £xx is doable'. Now the tender is coming back and it's not even in the same ballpark. Joy)
duncs-
It may be more cost effective than fancy sprinklers to box it in, get it signed off for building regs and then get the door/boxing taken out. (Dependant on your attitude to risk/rule-breaking - you'll have to have hard-wired smoke alarms in the new kitchen anyway).
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were just about finished a job and the guys budget was 70k, he's well past 115 now. More so because the joiners he got in have took the piss. So defo keep an eye on stuff as folk will rip it if they get half a chance.
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We got the fancy mist system.
We looked at Mistek and another one, can't remember the other name but that needed 3 heads for our room layout and was about 6K while Mistek only needed one head so it came in about 3.5K (North London 2018). Price includes VAT but not redecorating/making good.
We still had to have a wall and door installed between kitchen and living area. The mist system was so we didn't need to enclose the stairs and re-instate the hallway which in a teeny house like ours is a big win.
It's all legit and signed off by buildings control.
Let me know if you have questions, want pics or want the name of the installers we used.
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I found that too - architects apparently have no concept of what things actually cost, which is odd, as its part of their job.
villa-ru
konastab01
brokenbetty
chrisbmx116
It’s a building regs issue - talk to an approved inspector. If you are not making an existing condition worse there may be some leniency. Otherwise look at automist systems.