Build Compliance

Air Tightness Testing Delivering efficient and cost-effective Residential Air Pressure Testing services to meet all your Part L1A / Part L1B Building Regulations compliance requirements is our specialty. From one-off tests for homeowners and self-builders, providing advice and consultancy for architects and quantity surveyors, through to hundreds of tests on large-scale developments for national construction companies. Our team of skilled and accredited engineers are committed to helping our customers achieve success. Achieving a successful pass to meet the required standard of Parts L1A or L1B of the Building Regulations is the final stage of a lengthy process that begins initially at the design stage for new or converted dwellings. Here at Build Compliance Ltd we recognise that each of our customers has differing requirements and possibly, more importantly, differing levels of understanding of what is required along the journey to achieve successful completion. Drawing Revie

Over Glazed Extensions Part L Calculations If you are planning to add an extension to your property and intend to add a lot of glazing such as an orangery that is open to the rest of the house then the chances are building control will ask for a SAP Calculation to show that the additional CO2 emissions from the home will be within Government allowances. If you intend to have a straight through entrance to the extension and if the extension has glazing over 25% of the extension floor area you will need to provide calculations to building control when applying for planning permission. In order to carry out the calculations we will require a full set of plans, ideally the plans should show the whole house as well as the extension, this is in case the extension is failing to meet the criteria on its own and we have to look for ways to cost effectively improve the main house in order to offset to extra CO2 that the extension will produce in use. This may be something like adding extr

What is Part G? All new dwellings in England and Wales now require Part G Potable Water Calculations to show compliance with Part G of UK Building Regulations, the government guidelines state that new build homes should provide water efficiency measures that reduce the amount of potable Part G Water Calculations (drinking) water that is used in a dwelling, the guidelines state that the dwelling should use no more than 125 litres of water per person per day, calculations are required to show compliance. Build Compliance Ltd can carry out accredited Part G Calculations in 24 hours. Please contact us on 0800 699 0904 or email  info@buildcompliance.co.uk  to discuss your requirements, we offer discounts for multiple dwellings and larger sites If you require a fee quotation for Part G Water Calculations please fill in our  online form here

What are SAP Calculations?  Build Compliance Limited provide fully accredited SAP and SBEM Calculations for Part L UK Building Regulations compliance as well as new build domestic and commercial EPC's for existing & new build commercial buildings, we are sure you will love our fees and our service contact us on:  0800 699 0904 SAP Calculations are required for all new build homes, conversion of use to form a dwelling and most overglazed extensions SAP Calculations and SBEM are mandatory requirements for Part L of UK Building Regulations, the emphasis on construction methodology is changing rapidly and each new revision to part L gets more and more demanding of construction companies, in the previous version of building regulations there was a sort of anything to pass approach from many developers, the new changes to Parts L1 and L2 are designed to ensure developers use a "Fabric First" approach, with the introduction of "DFEE" (Dwelling Fabric Energy