stix
Established Member
I posted a while back about have a loft conversion done, well finally it's finished!
As my house is now three storey, building regs require all doors on the escape route to have self closers on in case of a fire. The builders have fitted white plastic coated arm-type door closers that look absolutely awful and are driving me mad - I have door knobs fitted and I can't even carry my beer glass and the can through to my lounge at the same time without putting one of them down first!
Does anyone know where I would stand with my insurance company if I were to remove the door closers and there was a fire in the house?
I think I know the answer really but I'm reluctant to ask the insurance company as I think they will just tell me I need them on and make a note that I have questioned their necessity, but in reality I can't function properly with them on - our poor dog has been squashed in the door twice when we haven't realised he'd tried to follow us out of the room , my wife goes for a pee in the night and wakes me up when the door slams :x , I'm up first and the door slams when I leave the room :twisted: :lol:
I will replace the door closers with Perko concealed closers if I need to but I think we'll just end up wedging the doors open - will this also cause problems with my insurance?
Cheers
Steve
As my house is now three storey, building regs require all doors on the escape route to have self closers on in case of a fire. The builders have fitted white plastic coated arm-type door closers that look absolutely awful and are driving me mad - I have door knobs fitted and I can't even carry my beer glass and the can through to my lounge at the same time without putting one of them down first!
Does anyone know where I would stand with my insurance company if I were to remove the door closers and there was a fire in the house?
I think I know the answer really but I'm reluctant to ask the insurance company as I think they will just tell me I need them on and make a note that I have questioned their necessity, but in reality I can't function properly with them on - our poor dog has been squashed in the door twice when we haven't realised he'd tried to follow us out of the room , my wife goes for a pee in the night and wakes me up when the door slams :x , I'm up first and the door slams when I leave the room :twisted: :lol:
I will replace the door closers with Perko concealed closers if I need to but I think we'll just end up wedging the doors open - will this also cause problems with my insurance?
Cheers
Steve