ABSTRACT

How to use this chapter

This chapter has been designed to help you meet the requirements of the building regulations. We have adopted a foundations-up approach which is shown in Figures 6.1 and 6.2. In this chapter you will find separate sections providing all the requirements relating to specific projects such as cellars and roofs. Each section is then arranged to discuss the precise requirement and then how to meet the requirement. This last part of the section provides comprehensive details of all the Approved Documents relating to the area under discussion. Cross-sectional diagrams, tables and further amplification are also provided. The chapter is further supported by appendices, which cover specific areas in greater detail as entities in their own right rather than how they apply to a particular project (e.g. Appendix A – Access and Facilities for Disabled People). All the appendices are available on www.routledge.com/books/details/ 9780415809696/.