Top Tradespeople spend our time looking into building regulations and other building industry and construction industry news to save you time when it comes to home improvement projects. Use our handy building regulations guides when it comes to your building work. Whatever DIY or home improvement work you're planning you will find a guide to the relevant building regulations.

Asbestos is like few other building materials in that it is considered to be hazardous waste. Despite this, where there is asbestos in a building, the advice is usually to leave the asbestos where it is and to monitor its condition to make sure that it is not deteriorating to the point where it could be release dust and fibres into the air. This may mean that the asbestos should be painted over, to keep dust and particles in, and that a surveyor should be employed to come in and check the condition of the asbestos and make recommendations on how to manage it.

Considering a loft conversion? Need to know whether your loft conversion plans will be compliant with building regulations? Use our handy guide to building regulations for lofts and planning permissions relating to loft conversions. Find out about fire safety regulations, ventilation, staircase regulations for lofts and other useful loft conversion regulations.

Find out what building regulations relate to windows. Whether you are having upvc windows fitted or timber windows installed you will need to check that your window fitters and your windows are compliant with the current building regulations relating to windows and conservatories. Use our handy guide to building regulations for windows.