Home user guide template and ventilation guide
This page provides a template for a home user guide and a ventilation guide to inform homeowners how to operate and ventilate their dwelling.
Applies to England
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The 2021 versions of Approved Document L: Volume 1, Dwellings; Approved Document F: Volume 1, Dwellings; and Approved Document O set a standard for a home user guide to be provided to owners of new homes.
The home user guide should contain non-technical advice on how to operate and maintain the home in a healthy and energy efficient manner. The guide should contain advice on ventilation, heating and domestic hot water, on-site electricity generation and staying cool in hot weather.
A template is provided here for housebuilders, which they may find useful to follow.
A ventilation guide is provided for people doing energy efficiency work in existing buildings, such as replacing windows, to provide to occupiers. The guide explains why ventilation is important for health, describes the ventilation standards of the Building Regulations when energy efficiency work is done and advises how ventilation equipment should be used and maintained.
Last updated 15 December 2021 + show all updates
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Updated home user guidance template; added ventilation guide
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First published.