VENTILATION REGULATION & ASSOCIATED REFERENCE BOOKS
Approved Document F - Means of ventilation
​
Approved Document F provides guidance on building ventilation, including building air quality and preventing condensation in a domestic or non-domestic structure.
​
In a domestic property, ventilation must be circulated continuously throughout the whole building, extract ventilation must be used within an area of increased humidity or pollution, for example an extractor fan over an oven, and purge ventilation must be possible, which is dependent on the area within the premises, but could simply refer to the ability to open a window to air a room out.
Domestic Ventilation Compliance Guide
​
This guide provides detailed guidance to help persons comply with requirements in building regulations for installation, inspection, testing, commissioning and provision of information when installing fixed ventilation systems in new and existing dwellings. The aim is to ensure the provision of adequate ventilation while minimising energy use and environmental problems such as noise and thermal discomfort.
Approved Document P - Electrical Safety - Dwellings
​
The current edition explains when notification of work is required. Information on the design, installation, inspection, testing and provision of information is explained.
Approved Document B - Fire Safety
​
This approved document has been published in two volumes. Volume 1 deals solely with dwellings, including blocks of flats, while Volume 2 deals with all other types of building covered by the Building Regulations.
Domestic Building Services Compliance Guide
​
This guide provides detailed guidance for the installation of fixed building services in new and existing dwellings to help compliance with the energy efficiency requirements of the Building Regulations.
This edition covers the design, installation and commissioning of:
-
conventional means of providing primary and secondary space heating, domestic hot water, mechanical ventilation, comfort cooling and internal and external lighting
-
low carbon generation of heat by heat pumps, solar thermal panels, and micro-combined heat and power systems.
The guide sets out recommended minimum energy efficiency standards for components of building services systems, including the use of controls.
Approved Document L1B - Conservation of fuel and power in existing dwellings
​
This Approved Document, which takes effect on 1 October 2010, deals with the energy efficiency requirements in the Building Regulations. Regulation 2(1) of the Building Regulations defines the energy efficiency requirements as the requirements of regulations 23, 25A, 25B, 26, 28 and 40 and Part L of Schedule 1. The energy efficiency requirements relevant to this Approved Document, which deals with existing dwellings, are those in regulations 23, 28 and 40 of, and Part L of Schedule 1
Approved Document J - Combustion appliances & fuel storage systems
​
This Approved Document, which takes effect on 1 October 2010, deals with combustion appliances and fuel storage systems in the Building Regulations 2010 (as amended).
Energy efficient ventilation in dwellings - a guide for specifiers
​
This guide has been prepared to help architects, surveyors and specifiers understand the issues associated with energy efficient ventilation and the types of systems that are available to provide satisfactory ventilation in dwellings.
The guide explains why ventilation is important,
the impact that good ventilation has on achieving the efficient use of energy, and the importance of airtightness. It also describes the advantages and disadvantages of a range of ventilation systems