Building Regulations Part 1
Building Regulations Section 1: Part A to Part H
As there are a total 23 Parts to the SANS 10400 Building Regulations we have divided them into three sections to improve the ease of navigation.
The order in which the different Parts of the regulations are displayed follows the same order as the regulations themselves as they are published.
General Principal and Requirements-Part A
* Design, Planning and Supervision of All Construction Work Must Follow a Legal Process
* What is Covered in Part A: General Principles and Requirements
* Changes to Part A of The application of the National Building Regulations
* All buildings must have a strong, serviceable, stable and durable design-Part B
* The Role of the Regulations in Structural Design
* Structural Design must be in Accordance with National Standards
* Every Room Must be Fit for Purpose-Part C
* What SANS 10400-C Covers
* Definitions
* Dimensions of Plans
* The Height of Rooms
* Floor Areas for Buildings
* Even at Home Public Safety is Paramount-Part D
* Change in Level
* Pedestrian Entrances
* Ramps
* Swimming Pools
* Site Safety during Demolition-Part E
* Demolition of a Building
* Safeguarding Basements
* Prohibition of Dangerous Methods
* Building Regulations that Relate to Site Operations – Part F
* Changes to Part F: Site Operations
* The New Definitions
* Protection of the Public
* Damage to Local Authority’s Property
* Geotechnical Site and Environmental Conditions
* Preparation of Site
* Soil Poisoning
* Control of Unreasonable Levels of Dust and Noise
* Cutting Into, Laying Open and Demolishing Certain Work
* Waste Material on Site
* Cleaning of Site
* Builder’s Sheds
* Sanitary Facilities
* Safety and Stability When Doing Excavations Are Top Priorities – Part G
* The Importance of Stability
* Foundation Excavations
* Regulations for Foundations-Part H
* A Focus on Safety
* How the Building Regulations Have Changed
* How to Ensure Your Foundations Comply With the Regulations
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You could try contacting the municipality and expressing your concerns to them. They would be in a position to demand that the owner does the necessary repairs and maintenance.
Hi I would like to find out who to contact, we are renting and the owner doesnt what to fix the lapa, the lapa is def not up to standard and is a danger to my family, its build directly to and on the roof of the house and is busy falling over and the chimney is very low and have no spark catchers and the neighbour are worried that the house is going to catch fire because its hanging over their wall.
There is no limit on size of any living quarters. The limit on size would arise if you have reached the density percentage for your proterty. This means that you are going over the amount of square meters that you are allowed to build on on your erf. All properties are governed by by-laws and they all have their own unique amount that is allowed.
Hi,
What is the reason staff quarters can’t be bigger than 40sq.m?
This is not a National Building Regulations matter but it is a local authority requirement of their specific zoning by-laws. If that is what they require then you will have to comply or ask for a waiver.
Normally a home builder has one year in which to complete the building of a dwelling from the time that the plans were approved. Time extensions can be applied for after this and reasons for the delay must be given. So long as the building is within the allowed building lines then no permission is required from any of the neighbours. As you say council regulations have been complied with otherwise he would not have recieved permission to start building. If he has moved away from the approved plan and is building something not approved then a complaint can be made. As for the “eyesore” you can approach the council on the basis that it is an eyesore and see what their reaction is.
Good Day.
New owners – one street away from the beach have bought a “shell” from the previous owner who demolished the dwelling to foundations. The “shell” has been an eyesore for 10 months and only recently have the new owners started to build – albeit slowly. Some residents maintain the new owner must build quickly or sell the property – many are aghast as – as the walls go up the structure is not appealing – they say that the residents never signed off the plans. I say – private owned , owner is a foreigner as his cash flow improves so he builds – so what – if private residence , I have no jurisdiction to sign off plans or interfere as long as the Council regulations have been complied with by owner . If there is compliance what are neighbours entitled to complain about ? Structure is a two – story building.
08.09.2014
Hi Anybody who can help.
I’ve submitted plans on behalf of a client to council with a Double storey House and Proposed Granny flat situated
at the back of the erf beyond the 3.0m building lines ,1500mm away from one side and the rear boundary
and 0m to the remaining side boundary lines…Linear m requirements are that it should be within or on the
3000m building lines.
Land Use Management ask for neighbor’s consent which we did obtain with a few of objections from
the adjoining neighbor’s one being the building’s to high on the boundary 3700mm above ngl ..should it be 3300 or 4000? they also say that the house is too high…at 7700 to the roof ridge which should be not higher than 8000 above natural ground level according to the NBR
please advise
regards
Hi Louis, ANY deviation from the approved plan will need a rider plan with the amendments, plus any others, to be submitted to your council once building has finished. You might not an occupation certificate until these have been approved. You should check this with your local council.
Hi,
should for example, a drawing call for a room size of 3m x 6m – is there a regulation that talks to allowable deviations from these measurements?
Louis
Craig the municipality has the last say. I suggest you contact them for clarification because they have the power to tell anyone who is non compliant to demolish a structure.
Good Day
We built my braai and lapa area against the boundary wall as originally instructed by our architect who drew the plans. However the municipality informed him that the braai must be built 5 meters way from the boundary wall, but he never inform us of this amendment!
Problem is that we started builing based on his instruction already.
We extremly concerned of the implications, can someone please provide some insight/advice on what we can do?
Thanks
Craig
The engineer then becomes the competent person, and it is up to the engineer to submit the plans.
To whom it may concern
the drafts man is not registerd under architect board but after he draw the plan he submitted the plan to the structural engineers for monitoring and avaluation then the egineers issues an engineer certificate taking reposibilities of monitoring the construction so is it possible for the client to submit the plan to the local athourities for approval.
George there is nothing like this in SANS 10400-1990 that preceded the current SANS 10400.