Developing interior design on your own, but do not know if it is possible to hang cabinets on a ventilation duct? On the one hand, you will be able to use the area of your home more rationally, but on the other hand, you absolutely do not want to become a delinquent because of a few square centimeters, right? So is this procedure legal and what should be done in order not to fall under penalties?
We will help you find answers to the questions posed - in the article below we will tell you in detail about is it possible to drill a box and hang cabinets and shelves on it, as well as change its design by any other way. We will also figure out what actions can be recognized as illegal and what risks the violator bears in this case.
The content of the article:
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Rules for placing the cabinet on the box
- Obtaining permission from neighbors
- Coordination of actions with the housing inspectorate
- Reasons for the inflexibility of the law
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What happens if you ignore the requirements?
- Option # 1 - no redevelopment found
- Option # 2 - structural violation detected
- Conclusions and useful video on the topic
Rules for placing the cabinet on the box
The procedure for changing the design of any ventilation duct and using it for their own purposes is regulated by federal and regional legislation.
To solve both of these tasks, permission should be obtained:
- neighbors;
- housing inspection.
Next, we will take a closer look at how these actions will help you avoid gross errors that will lead to significant financial losses.
Whether or not it is possible to change the design of ventilation ducts is described in detail in laws, by-laws. Among which are the Housing Code of the Russian Federation. Therefore, all work should begin with a study of the requirements, standards in order to prevent a mistake that will lead to financial and other losses.
Obtaining permission from neighbors
Domestic Housing Code, namely Art. 36, states that engineering communications are common property. At the same time, ventilation systems are no exception, as are their structural elements.
From the above it follows that the owner of the apartment is not the owner of the ventilation duct located in it.
Therefore, to use this structure for your own purposes, that is, to place cabinets, any other items, you should obtain permission from all other co-owners (this is stated in Art. 40 Of the Housing Code of the Russian Federation). AND 73% ofthey must agree, and in writing. Why is it necessary to hold a meeting of tenants.
In any other case, the use of ventilation ducts for their own purposes will be illegal.
Coordination of actions with the housing inspectorate
If the neighbors have the right to allow the use of the common property as a whole, then the representatives of the housing inspection are engaged in the technical side of the matter.
That is, they give permission to change the design of the ventilation duct. The reason is that the specified procedure is a redevelopment. Therefore, according to legal requirements, its safety must be confirmed.
The Housing Inspectorate is a government agency with impressive powers. They are provided so that inspectors can effectively resist violators whose actions lead to a deterioration in living conditions of people, destruction of buildings.
The procedure for obtaining permission to execute is called harmonization.
Its implementation is regulated by regional legislation, for example:
- For this, the Moscow government issued a Resolution with the number 508-PP.
- In the Northern capital, the approval procedure is described in the Order of the Government of St. Petersburg with the number 39-pwhich entered into force in January 2018.
You can find out which document regulates obtaining permission for redevelopment of housing in your region by contacting representatives of the local administration, housing inspection.
To complete the agreement, you must draw up a project. But you should start by getting technical opinion, which indicates that changing the design of the ventilation box will be safe and will not lead to a decrease in the efficiency of the entire ventilation system. And, consequently, to the deterioration of the living conditions of the organizer of the work and his neighbors.
Anyone can draw up the specified technical opinion, like the redevelopment project project organization.
Further, the home owner should contact the nearest housing inspection body or at the MFC. Where it is necessary to submit an application with a request to complete the reconciliation of the redevelopment.
And also to the specified document should be attached:
- technical conclusion;
- a project, and you will need 2 copies of it;
- technical passport from BTI.
In addition, the applicant will have to prove his identity and prove that he is the owner of the premises. Therefore, you should have a passport and a corresponding certificate with you.
Since a change in the design of ventilation ducts is referred to in legislative acts as redevelopment, then its implementation will become possible only after obtaining the appropriate permit from the housing inspectorate. In any other case, the organizer of the work will become a violator and must know that he performs all work at his own peril and risk.
At the same time, it should be remembered that the housing commission is a body that has the right to:
- give permission for redevelopment;
- refuse to conduct it.
And in some cases, representatives of the housing inspectorate will refuse to accept the application altogether. This happens when an incomplete portfolio of documents is collected or they are inappropriate.
In addition, they will refuse to approve if a change in the design of the duct will lead to a decrease in the performance of the entire ventilation system due to reducing the cross-section of the box or clogged ventilation duct.
And the very wording "Change in the design of the ventilation box" is also the basis for refusal to carry out the approval. Also, the application may be returned due to the fact that it is planned to hang a cabinet on the ventilation mine, which will impair access to the general engineering system. And this should not be allowed.
All of the above reasons are indicated in the relevant regional documents. For example, for the capital, this is the already mentioned Resolution No. 508-PP.
If there is no desire to waste time and money on abandoning the project, contacting neighbors and the housing inspectorate for permission, then you can do as shown in the photo - make the most rational use of the space around the ventilation box and at the same time hang cabinets on a regular the wall
That is, placing cabinets or any other items on ventilation ducts is a problematic procedure, since it requires significant costs without any guarantees. Which can lead to financial losses.
And to prevent this from happening, it is recommended to abandon attempts to use ventilation boxes for personal purposes.
If you still really want to, then you should seek help from design organization. After examining the premises, its experts will give an accurate answer about whether it is possible to place something on the ventilation duct. But it can be argued that in the overwhelming majority of cases, the money allocated to pay for the consultation will be wasted.
In addition, you should not make an attempt to carry out redevelopment in order to legalize it retroactively - an application with such a request will also not be accepted by the housing inspectorate for consideration.
Reasons for the inflexibility of the law
Ventilation boxes are an important part of ventilation systems, on which not only comfort, but also safety of living largely depends.
So, natural ventilation, despite all its shortcomings, is the only system that can prevent:
- destruction of the building due to gas explosion;
- fire due gas leaks;
- tragedy due to the accumulation of carbon monoxide in the room, for the detection of which you can use special sensors.
In addition, the common house air exchange system removes moisture, unpleasant odors and harmful substances, such as carbon dioxide, from the premises.
The photo clearly shows the design of the ventilation duct. And even non-specialists understand that they are thin-walled, and therefore unsuitable for placing any heavy objects on their surfaces. The presence of which over time can lead to cracks, other consequences with a subsequent decrease in the efficiency of the ventilation system
Effective air exchange allows you to create a microclimate in the building, the parameters of which will meet the requirements of profile documents, the main of which is GOST 30494-2011.
At the same time, it is easy to reduce the efficiency of the ventilation system or make it generally inoperative - it is enough to make changes to the design of the box.
They may be minor, but another user can do the same, and another neighbor decides to install a fan that the system is not designed to use. Such actions will complicate the situation, as a result of which reverse thrust and other troubles can be expected.
We considered other reasons for the decrease in the efficiency of the ventilation system and the methods for its restoration in next article.
Ventilation ducts are often self-supporting structures. For example, this is exactly the case in the houses of the P-44 project. And this means that each element of the ventilation box rests on the one below. At the same time, they cannot withstand significant lateral loads. As a result, cracks can occur even with conventional drilling. The consequence is the weakening of the structure, sediment, which often leads to the fact that air circulation is disrupted
It should be understood that ventilation ducts are not load-bearing structures, therefore, when drilling and placing heavy cabinets on their surfaces, shrinkage and cracks often occur. That in itself reduces the efficiency of ventilation systems.
To prevent the occurrence of such consequences, it is forbidden at the legislative level to change the design of the boxes.
What happens if you ignore the requirements?
It often happens that homeowners ignore the requirements of the law and make changes to the design of ventilation boxes.
As a result, there will be 2 options for the development of events:
- illegal redevelopment will not be detected and everything will get away with it;
- tampering with the structure will be identified and will have to be punished.
Since these are important points, it makes sense to familiarize yourself with them in more detail.
Option # 1 - no redevelopment found
It so happens that the owner of the premises violated the law, but the efficiency of the ventilation system, as well as its integrity, did not suffer. As a result, the tenant will receive the expected result in the form of a more rational use of living space, and without any deterioration in living conditions.
The picture shows a cabinet and a TV set on a ventilation duct. If the owner of the premises decides to do this, then he will become a violator. And the further course of events depends on how much damage was caused to the ventilation box and when the violation is detected. Moreover, one call from a neighbor to the hot line of the housing inspectorate is enough for a whole series of unpleasant events to arise in the life of the offender.
But it should be remembered that the idyll can be short-lived - the fact of illegal actions can attract the attention of neighbors, gas workers, representatives of the management company. Who will contact the management company, housing inspection. Or just raise the issue at a meeting of tenants. Moreover, you need to understand that the negative scenario is quite relevant and its likelihood increases every year.
And the reason is that the time of the lack of control of the 90s has already passed and today the state is actively fighting with residents who violate the rules of safety of residence. In addition, the legal literacy of Russians is growing, who are less and less indifferent, revealing that at their expense someone is trying to get some kind of bonuses.
As a result, you need to expect troubles, and major ones. And more about them in the next section of the article.
Option # 2 - structural violation detected
And now let's talk about how the housing inspectorate will react if the residents have hung the cabinet on the ventilation mine "at their own peril and risk." So, when it comes to the housing inspection, its representatives will impose a fine on the spot, the amount of which will be in the range of 2-2.5 thousand rubles. But you shouldn't rejoice at the tiny amount, as this is just the beginning.
And then the inspector will demand:
- Provide documents confirming that the redevelopment is safe and does not reduce the living standards of residents. And for this you need a technical conclusion issued by any design organization (at best). Or an organization that developed a project for a specific ventilation system or a house as a whole.
- Restore the integrity and performance of the ventilation systemif the offender is unable to provide the documents specified in the first paragraph.
Moreover, simply removing the shelf, which the offender decided to illegally hang on the wall of the ventilation mine, may not be enough, since, according to the law, a project will have to be done. And if the supporting structures are not affected, then any designer will cope with the design. When these elements are affected or there is a suspicion of this, then you will have to contact the organization that made the project at home.
The photo shows a TV and a bar mounted on the ventilation box. It's not even a closet. But, if during the placement of all of the above, the supporting elements of the structure were damaged or there was simply a suspicion of this, then the worst thing for the offender will happen. Since the representative of the housing inspectorate, in order to eliminate the deficiency, will require contacting the research institute, which created the project of the house. This situation is relevant for houses of the I209A series and a number of others - it is in them that individual parts of the ventilation system are self-supporting
It may be that the necessary Soviet research institute no longer exists. Then you will have to look for an organization that replaces him.
Any of these procedures will not be cheap. But the worst part is that they cannot be ignored. The reason is that the demands of neighbors and other parties to the conflict are legal and should be fulfilled. Since the requirement to restore the integrity of the structure can only be 2 times. And then the sale of housing will follow. They will do this in order to get money to restore the integrity of the structure.
The photo shows a kitchen cabinet placed on a ventilation box, which is already a violation. If the cabinet is placed on ordinary walls, but at the same time it will block the ventilation outlet or close the hood for the hood, then such actions may be considered a violation, since access to common building engineering systems will be blocked, which may lead to a decrease in efficiency ventilation
Although the remaining funds will be returned to the violator, it is still better to avoid such a development of events. Because in the course of enforcement proceedings, no one will set the goal of obtaining the maximum amount upon sale. And the basis for such actions is the Federal Law No. 229-FZ, Art. 87. Moreover, the scenario with the sale of housing is not from the realm of fantasy - real examples are known. In addition, according to court decisions, it may be necessary to pay compensation to neighbors.
Other penalties apply. For example, violators may be restricted from traveling outside the Russian Federation.
Conclusions and useful video on the topic
The video attached below describes what can happen if the ventilation duct is re-planned in violation of the integrity of its structure. And although in the video we are talking about the fact of complete dismantling, this does not matter to the essence. Since redevelopment is considered any change in the design of the ventilation box:
By hanging a cabinet or shelf on the surface of the ventilation duct, the owner of the premises will be able to more efficiently use several tens of square centimeters of housing space. Sometimes this solution allows you to improve the aesthetic qualities of the room. And this is where all the advantages of changing the design of the ventilation duct end.
Therefore, you should not commit rash actions, unauthorized changes in the design of common property. Since there can be many times more unpleasant moments than advantages.
Have you hung the cabinets on the ventilation duct and coordinated your actions with the housing inspectorate? Share your experience with other users - tell us about the difficulties you faced, as well as how long it took you to prepare all the necessary documents. If you still have questions, ask our experts and other site visitors in the comment section below the article.
