Loft Conversions 2nd Edition
Second Edition
JOHN COUTTS
Pressure on space and changes in planning law mean that loft conversions are now at the forefront in the race to improve the performance of Britain’s ageing housing stock. Since 1990, roof space conversions have increased UK housing capacity by more than 200 million square feet a living area equivalent to a mediumsized city without the loss of a single square foot of greenfield land.
Loft Conversions 2nd Edition is the definitive technical guide to the conversion of roof spaces in single family dwellings. It brings together a wealth of practical and regulatory guidance in a form that is easy to read and comprehensively illustrated.
This fully-revised and updated second edition is intended primarily for architects, builders, surveyors and others professionally involved in the process of loft conversion. The insights it provides are also invaluable to self-builders and to householders wishing to achieve a deeper understanding of what a loft conversion involves.
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Loft Conversions 2nd Edition
Second Edition
JOHN COUTTS
Pressure on space and changes in planning law mean that loft conversions are now at the forefront in the race to improve the performance of Britain’s ageing housing stock. Since 1990, roof space conversions have increased UK housing capacity by more than 200 million square feet a living area equivalent to a mediumsized city without the loss of a single square foot of greenfield land.
Loft Conversions 2nd Edition is the definitive technical guide to the conversion of roof spaces in single family dwellings. It brings together a wealth of practical and regulatory guidance in a form that is easy to read and comprehensively illustrated.
This fully-revised and updated second edition is intended primarily for architects, builders, surveyors and others professionally involved in the process of loft conversion. The insights it provides are also invaluable to self-builders and to householders wishing to achieve a deeper understanding of what a loft conversion involves.
About the Author
About the author
John Coutts was educated at the City of London School and Brasenose College, Oxford. An author and journalist, he has worked with the BBC and Reuters in the UK and Dow Jones in South East Asia. He writes extensively on construction matters and advises leading multinationals on communications strategies for major infrastructure projects.
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