Building regs on fire doors passed but now need new ones!

Many thanks for your response.

When my EHO inspected for fire safety, she had a copy of the HomeStamp fire safety guide in her hand:

http://www.worcester.gov.uk/documents/10499/20690/HomestampTechGuide2012.pdf

It’s a great doc which shows exactly the fire safety needed in many situations. I used it to challenge the council when they said that stud walls requiring fire protection had to have 15mm fireline plasterboard, instead of the normal 12.5mm

When I sent them a copy of the appropriate page and referenced this doc, they immediately changed their mind.

Reply to the comment left by “Colin McNulty” at “01/06/2015 – 08:14“:

Thanks very much l have downloaded this and will have a read.

I bought a building to convert into 6 residential units. This is my first conversion, which l trusted the builder (a relativeven with 25 years + in the building trade). There was asbestos in the building and let was advised to take samples to have them checked. I was told where to take them for analysis and received a report confirming asbestos. This report was sent to the builder. I contacted the local council to obtain a certificate to dispose it and the certificate was registered to his van as agreed. We had a couple of companies to give a quote and each time they gave a verbal quote my relative complained each time stating we was being ripped off. In the end he charged me to remove it. As we lived quite far from the property and my child was hoptimised, I left him to get on with it, until the utilities board came to remove metre, but could not gain access to the cellar as it had been boarded out. We also found bags of asbestos dumped in the garden.Then it was discovered to be the most dangerous type. As a consequence, I stopted all work men. from entering the building, as advised by HSE. This led to a fall out with the builder, whom like found out had just conned us out of thousands of pounds, Charged for jobs and materials that was not done , done shoddily or dangerous. We as asked for a written contract which we later found was in a previous bankrupt business. He also gave a damp proof certificate in the same bankrupt business, which makes it usless, despite paying £2.5k . He is now accessing me of putting his health at risk and states like am responsible as the owner. Who is right. Me the owner who did not know it was dangerous or he who was given the report prior to removing it?
I have some receipts and bank transactions but can not provide a receipt as this was just another ‘ extra’ and he has refused to give us receipts. Any advice would be greatfully appreciated.

Reply to the comment left by “ian ” at “26/05/2015 – 21:14“:

seems like an ideal solution if you ask me, better than to sod around fitting a new fire door with even gaps all around, as long as you have intumescent strips for smoke , one should be fine using these paints.