Repairs to home or other type of building
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If I want to carry out repairs to my home, or any other type of building, will the building regulations apply?
NO - If the repairs are of a minor nature: e.g. re-pointing brickwork, replacing broken tiles or replacing floorboards.
YES - If the repair work is more significant, e.g. removing a substantial part of a wall and rebuilding it, re-roofing, underpinning a building, or installing a new flue or flue liner.
Where 25% or more of an external wall is re-rendered, re-clad, re-plastered or re-lined internally or where 25% or more of the external leaf of a wall is rebuilt, the regulations would normally apply and the thermal insulation would normally have to be improved.
If you are replacing/ repairing more than 25% of the roof area, in which case, the roof thermal insulation would normally have to be improved.
Page last updated: 04/10/2011
