Heat Producing Appliances - BUILDING REGULATIONS TRAINING QUESTIONS

Can a gas boiler that takes combustion air from the room be installed in:-
1. a bathroom,
2. a kitchen,
3. a loft space,
4. a shower and WC room, or
5. a garage?
A gas fire with a solid fuel effect is to be installed in an existing chimney hearth. What needs to be done to get an adequate air supply and what would be the typical size needed?
A small kitchen in a one bedroom flat is to have a gas cooker installed. The kitchen is 1.8m x 2.3m long with 2.3m headroom. There is an openable window to the kitchen, so what size of airbrick would be needed for adequate permanent ventilation.
A new flat is to have a balanced-flue boiler installed in a small cupboard off the entrance hall. Assuming that the cupboard is required to have a fire-resiting door and partition to the entrance hall, what ventilation requirements are needed to the cupboard?
A small industrial unit in a business park is to have a gas fired air heater installed with a rated input of 50kW. How much permanent ventilation is needed? If the gas installer proposes to use the cracks around the large sliding door to provide the air supply, why would that not be acceptable?

A balanced flue gas boiler is to be installed in a kitchen next to the window. How close can the flue be to the window? If the flat was on the ground floor would it be necesary to provide a guard to the outlet?
A resident telephones you with regard a neighbours flue from a gas boiler. The flue is coming through a ground storey level wall facing the boundary with their garden. How far away should the flue be from the boundary?
A terraced house is having a loft converted including in the installation of large dormer windows. The existing house has front and back chimney stacks along one party wall. How close does the dormer have to be to this party wall before the chimney flue pot has to be raised to at least 600mm above the dormer roof?
It is proposed to bring back into use an abandoned chimney. What test could be carried out to show that it is still satisfactory for use?

A terraced house party wall has chimney breasts either side. The back to back fireplaces are recessed into the Party Wall to leave 102.5mm thick brick between. If the owner of one side wishes to remove their chimney breast completely, how thick should the recess be filled and how could that be done?
An existing chimney has had the hearth removed in the past when it was sealed up. The owner now wants to bring the chimney back into operation. How far in front of the chimney breasts does it need to project? How wide does the hearth need to be and how thick?
A chimney stack on a party wall has had to be re-built for its top 1.5m. The builder asks if the chimneys should be parged? What is meant by parging? What would be an acceptable alternative?
How close can timber be placed next to a solid fuel chimney?

An owner of a building is a Do-It-Yourself enthusiast. The owner intends to install a new gas boiler for a central heating system. Is a Building Notice or Full Plan Notice required to be submitted? If the owner was employed by a Corgi registered person would that make any differance?
A house is being converted into two flats. The builder claims the work is complete but has not installed the gas boiler for security reasons. The builder requests that you issue a completion certificate which will allow a sale to be made. After that the boilers will be installed. Can you agree with this request? State reasons?

A new block of flats is being built next to an existing block of flats on an adjacent property. The existing flank wall is about 1.7m away from the new buildings flank wall. The new building is to be a storey higher than the existing. The existing building has a chimney 1.0m above the roof. Is there a problem with this chimney continuing? If so what under what legislation could action be taken? What could the owner of the new building do to resolve the situation?

If a person intends to demolish a building, which bodies have to be given notification?

After a person intending to demolish a building has given the relevant notifications, how long must they wait before starting demolition?

If a local authority serves a notice on a person intending to demolish a building, what can the Local Authority require to be done?

If a notice was served on a person intending to demolish a building, what might be legitimate grounds on which an appeal might be made under section 102?

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