Product Description

Domestic loft conversions have gained enormously in popularity as a way of providing more space without the substantial cost of moving house. One third of all new build houses have lofts that can be used for habitation.

This book provides a technical manual for construction practitioners, as well as the self–build market on the technical, design and regulatory aspects of loft conversions for dwellings.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #119525 in Books
• Published on: 2006-07-19
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 280 pages

Review
′If you are a competent builder who is branching out into loft conversions then this is a useful guide on the details.′ Professional Builder

From the Publisher
* loft conversions add value to property and can avoid costly house moves
* few, if any, books provide an adequate technical guide to loft conversions for the construction industry
* this book covers technical, design and regulatory aspects in full
* will sell not just to construction practitioners but also self-build market (approx. 12% of all new build housing)
* covers latest energy conservation regulations
* features lots of clear technical drawings

From the Back Cover
Domestic loft conversions have gained enormously in popularity as a way of providing more space without the substantial cost of moving house. One third of all new build houses have lofts that can be used for habitation.

This book provides a technical manual for construction practitioners, as well as the self–build market on the technical, design and regulatory aspects of loft conversions for dwellings.

Customer Reviews

Extremely useful
Covers all the technical aspects of loft conversion in depth, including timber and steel design, dormer construction, fire safety, insulation/energy efficiency requirements etc with plenty of detailed drawings to back it up. There's also a lot of excellent legal and procedural material (i.e. how permitted development/planning law applies to conversions, party walls issues, how local authorities apply the building regs to loft conversions and so on). Very thorough and well worth the money.

Finally a 'proper' loft conversion book!
If you want to employ an architect and a builder to convert your loft, this book is overkill. However, if you want detailed construction information, planning details and building regs information then this is the book for you.
Everything is laid out brilliantly with chapters on planning, building regs, floors, walls and roof.
If you want to do your own loft conversion - BUY THIS BOOK!

John Coutts Loft Conversions
This book is packed full of nearly all the technical know-how you would need for your loft conversion, it certainly satisfies the Buildings Control Office (Buildings Regs) that a book has been written with them in mind. However, if you want to study how to re-structure and re-engineer the roof supports (Purlins, struts ect) in order to maximise your loft space then you'll struggle to find that information here.