What approved document of the Building Regulations relates to resistance to contaminants and moisture?

Approved Document C provides instruction on resistance to contaminants and moisture, including ensuring buildings are protected from both weather and water damage, from dangerous substances such as radon and methane, and that guidelines are followed when preparing a site for construction to take place.

What is the Building Regulations 2010?

Regulations 2010. The regulations apply to most new buildings and many alterations to existing buildings. A series of approved documents provide general guidance about how specific aspects of building design and construction can comply with the Building Regulations.

What is Part C building regulations?

Building Regulations – Part C Site Preparation and Resistance to Contaminants and Moisture. Section C1 of the Building Regulations is concerned with the health and safety of the building’s users in particular regard to the effects of pollution and contaminants which may be present on the site.

What are approved documents in building regulations?

The ‘approved documents’ provide guidance for how the building regulations can be satisfied in common building situations. They are given legal status by the Building Act 1984. There is no obligation to adopt the solutions presented in the approved documents. The building regulations can be satisfied in other ways.

What is Part C of the building regulations?

What is an Approved Document?

Approved documents set out what, in ordinary circumstances, may be accepted as reasonable provision for compliance with the relevant requirements of the Building Regulations to which they refer.

Which approved document of the UK Building Regulations deals with sound issues in buildings?

Approved Document E provides guidance on the resistance to the passage of sound in domestic buildings, in schools and flats. This guidance applies to new buildings, to alterations to pre-existing premises and to buildings being converted to flats.