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This is the relevant part of the regs.
How many storeys does your house have? If only one above ground, and windows are ≤ 4.5m from the external ground then there is no need for a protected staircase/means of escape.
If you have more than one storey (including convereted loftspace) then you'll need to provide a protected means of escape. Ways around this (throwing money to a fire engineer to design a sprinkler system) should you wish/have the means.
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EstelleGetty
Alright all. I'm getting a builder to knock down a wall between the kitchen and the dining room to create a kitchen diner, in a freehold house. I've got a structural engineer to do the calcuations and design, and I have a builder ready to go.
I believe that to obtain building regs sign off, I would need to be able to isolate the kitchen with a fire door. If that's correct, I won't be able to obtain building regs sign off, because the design as is won't allow it - it's an open space.
But if in 10 years time I wanted to obtain building regs sign off by re-designing and installing a new fire door etc - would it possible for me to do this using historic pics of the work as evidence it was done right? Or should I just give up on the idea of ever getting building regs work approval for it?