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Moving Door - Costs

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  • 20-06-2011 2:15pm
    #1
    pyat2010
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11 ✭


    Hi there,

    We have a land-locked room in our house (a bungalow) we currently use for storage/home office. We have a new baby on the way and I think a better use of this room would be a nursery.

    With this in mind, I'd like to close off the current door (which opens to the living room) and put in a new door (through a solid wall) which opens up into the hallway into our bedroom.

    This doesn't seem like a big job to me but how much (ball-park) would we need to budget including all the ancillary replastering, painting,etc?

    An idea I had was just to put a simple stud/partition in the old doorway in case we ever wanted to switch back (or new owners down the line would want to do so).

    Many thanks!

    PYAT


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    #2
    Carpenter
    Registered Users Posts: 2,683 ✭✭✭Carpenter


    Where do you live


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    Quazzie
    Registered Users Posts: 28,935 ✭✭✭✭Quazzie


    If there is no window in the room then it cannot be used as a habitable space. Fire Safety regulations would prevent it from ever been considered any room other than a store room/bathroom/ etc


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    pyat2010
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11 ✭pyat2010


    Thanks for the quick replies

    #1 We're in Dublin.

    #2 Understood that we could not refer to the room as a bedroom (or similar) when we come to sell the house in due course (hence we would probably revert it to a store room/home office). However, would we actually be prevented from using the room as a nursery? It does have a skylight and ventilation.

    Thanks again.


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    Quazzie
    Registered Users Posts: 28,935 ✭✭✭✭Quazzie


    Not sure about legally. Its against regulations but no one would know, so no one would stop you.

    However I would seriously ask you to consider what would happen in the event of a fire. Would you be willing to risk the life of your child in a room not deemed fit for living in? Fire safety regulations all too regularly get ignored and I know I couldn't live knowing that I could have done anything to prevent a potential disaster.


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