Are UK Building Regulations Too Strict?

#shorts a lot of people complain about #buildingregulations especially when they impact private homes. But history shows that without minimum standards homes will be built with fewer amenities and facilities.

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[mak]

The standards here are less than what the minimum standards should be. Houses n the UK are extremely depressing spaces. Feels so cramped. These standards are inhuman standards

[carlb]

TBH i would rather have the standards we have here in the UK, than the lack of them like in a lot of States in the USA. I am often surprised when watching someone over the pond building a house in a no code state and not even requiring insulation/ membrane under a concrete slab. The States that do require under slab insulation only require 50mm insulation even when their temperatures go lower than -20c. I currently live in a Victorian type mid terrace with solid walls so no insulation it gets cold in here in the winter. The bathroom/ kitchen was ''refurbed'' by the council back in 2003 they didn't even go to the building regs at the time. I had to dig up the bathroom floor due to a burst pipe and found they used 18 inches of concrete on top of 50mm insulation.