Browse Forums Building Standards; Getting It Right! 1 Jan 11, 2018 5:22 pm I just had a building inspection done on my 40 year old house that i'm trying to sell and one of the recommendations was that my toilet doors should have lift off hinges fitted. Does anyone know if retro fitting of hinges is required on all houses that are being sold to meet the code requirements in QLD. The bathroom and Toilet also have polished floor boards and they want them to be tiled, the house was built 40 years ago, one year after the 1975 requlations, anyone know if they can enforce this. Re: 'lift off' doors: toilet regulations? QLD 2Feb 09, 2018 12:45 pm We are building our new house in Vic and during our inspection, we were told that it is mandatory construction code to have a hinge lift door in toilet . it is done for safe removal of unconscious occupant. Your inspector might have recommended you to show a plus point to your buyer may be. Re: 'lift off' doors: toilet regulations? QLD 4Feb 11, 2018 12:30 pm New code requirements apply to new builds, they are not restrospective. Smoke alarms are one of the rare exceptions. Whoever recommended hinges to you is a twit. Let the buyers do that if they want. As a side comment, its shows just how stupid this nannified country is becoming. F**k you , Australian Gubmint, If I want to die having a crap on the bog, then it is my right to do so! Re: 'lift off' doors: toilet regulations? QLD 5Feb 12, 2018 7:43 am qebtel New code requirements apply to new builds, they are not restrospective. Smoke alarms are one of the rare exceptions. Whoever recommended hinges to you is a twit. Let the buyers do that if they want. As a side comment, its shows just how stupid this nannified country is becoming. F**k you , Australian Gubmint, If I want to die having a crap on the bog, then it is my right to do so! Thanks for the advice,thats what we thought. We will have to appeal this decision, Re: 'lift off' doors: toilet regulations? QLD 6Feb 12, 2018 7:43 am qebtel New code requirements apply to new builds, they are not restrospective. Smoke alarms are one of the rare exceptions. Whoever recommended hinges to you is a twit. Let the buyers do that if they want. As a side comment, its shows just how stupid this nannified country is becoming. F**k you , Australian Gubmint, If I want to die having a crap on the bog, then it is my right to do so! Thanks for the reply, we understand the act for new build just that this was built 40 years ago and are trying to find out what the standard / act was in 1977 Re: 'lift off' doors: toilet regulations? QLD 7Feb 15, 2018 7:11 pm When it comes to those things, the standard at the time the house was built applies. When it comes to things like smoke detectors, it's a good idea to have them fitted anyway but beyond that, use your own discression. Clearly upgrading the house to modern 6 star energy rating is simply not going to happen short of virtually gutting it and starting again. I presume a prospective buyer comissioned the inspection? In the case of lift off hinges - you can probably get some to match whatever the existing ones were and change them relatively inexpensively if this is something that will seal the deal. As for tiling the bathroom/toilet?? Haha - if they want it done then feel free to do it after settlement Re: 'lift off' doors: toilet regulations? QLD 8Feb 15, 2018 10:54 pm Rayg qebtel New code requirements apply to new builds, they are not restrospective. Smoke alarms are one of the rare exceptions. Whoever recommended hinges to you is a twit. Let the buyers do that if they want. As a side comment, its shows just how stupid this nannified country is becoming. F**k you , Australian Gubmint, If I want to die having a crap on the bog, then it is my right to do so! Thanks for the reply, we understand the act for new build just that this was built 40 years ago and are trying to find out what the standard / act was in 1977 You're still looking at it the wrong way. There is absolutely no need for you to go back and find out the standards for 1977. I can tell you that lift hinges were not part of standard residential doors of any sort in 1977. If the inspector is making recommendations to you, then I hope you engaged him, else he has no business recommending anything to you about his findings. The buyers sound like twits if they are insisting on the lift hinges. Likewise in relation the bathroom tiling. Maybe someone needs to tell them you buy a house as is, and factor any renovation plans into the cost. Either they like the house, or they dont. Toilet door hinges and bathroom tiling has nothing to do with it. Re: 'lift off' doors: toilet regulations? QLD 9Feb 16, 2018 7:20 am RedHotMike When it comes to those things, the standard at the time the house was built applies. When it comes to things like smoke detectors, it's a good idea to have them fitted anyway but beyond that, use your own discression. Clearly upgrading the house to modern 6 star energy rating is simply not going to happen short of virtually gutting it and starting again. I presume a prospective buyer comissioned the inspection? In the case of lift off hinges - you can probably get some to match whatever the existing ones were and change them relatively inexpensively if this is something that will seal the deal. As for tiling the bathroom/toilet?? Haha - if they want it done then feel free to do it after settlement Thanks for the advice will let you all know how we end up. Re: 'lift off' doors: toilet regulations? QLD 10Feb 16, 2018 7:22 am qebtel Rayg qebtel New code requirements apply to new builds, they are not restrospective. Smoke alarms are one of the rare exceptions. Whoever recommended hinges to you is a twit. Let the buyers do that if they want. As a side comment, its shows just how stupid this nannified country is becoming. F**k you , Australian Gubmint, If I want to die having a crap on the bog, then it is my right to do so! Thanks for the reply, we understand the act for new build just that this was built 40 years ago and are trying to find out what the standard / act was in 1977 You're still looking at it the wrong way. There is absolutely no need for you to go back and find out the standards for 1977. I can tell you that lift hinges were not part of standard residential doors of any sort in 1977. If the inspector is making recommendations to you, then I hope you engaged him, else he has no business recommending anything to you about his findings. The buyers sound like twits if they are insisting on the lift hinges. Likewise in relation the bathroom tiling. 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