Hi All,
I've got to have a repair done on a flat roof 1st floor balcony on a detached (tenanted) house. It has a reinforced masonry railing, which is 200mm below the current building reg railing height of 1100mm. Over the winter some water got into some of the mortar joints and with the frost caused some cracking, some bad some minor.
The house dates from the 1960s. My question is - if I am just carrying out repairs do I have to have the railing height raised to the new minimum height?
Is there a limit on how much repairs I can make before I need to meet the regs - for walls etc I know the limit is replacement of 25% of the element, but would this apply to a balcony railing?
Grateful for any comments.
I've got to have a repair done on a flat roof 1st floor balcony on a detached (tenanted) house. It has a reinforced masonry railing, which is 200mm below the current building reg railing height of 1100mm. Over the winter some water got into some of the mortar joints and with the frost caused some cracking, some bad some minor.
The house dates from the 1960s. My question is - if I am just carrying out repairs do I have to have the railing height raised to the new minimum height?
Is there a limit on how much repairs I can make before I need to meet the regs - for walls etc I know the limit is replacement of 25% of the element, but would this apply to a balcony railing?
Grateful for any comments.