Add to ORKGEvery protected stairway should lead to a final exit, either directly or via a protected exit passageway. Any protected exit corridor or stair should have the same standard of fire resistance and lobby protection as the stair it serves
See Diagram 2.1c. The dwellinghouse should have either of the following. a. Protected stairway – a...
Every doorway or other exit providing access to a means of escape, other than exits in ordinary use ...
Section 7 provides guidance on avoiding the spread of fire between storeys. For a stair that is also...
The construction separating two adjacent protected stairways (or exit passageways leading to differe...
Every common stair should be a protected stairway. Where the protected stairway passes from one comp...
An escape route should not pass through one stair enclosure to reach another. It may pass through a ...
The external wall of a protected shaft does not normally need to have fire resistance. Situations wh...
Basement storeys containing habitable rooms should have one of the following. a. An emergency escap...
In buildings designed for phased evacuation or progressive horizontal evacuation, if the lift well i...
Any stair or other shaft passing directly from one compartment to another should be enclosed in a pr...
Any alternative exit from a flat should comply with all of the following. a. It should be remote fr...
Any external escape stair should meet all of the following conditions (Diagram 2.7). a. Doors to th...
All of the following precautions should be taken to avoid the spread of smoke and fire to the protec...
Despite the provisions described, it is probable that some smoke will get into the common corridor o...
Firefighting stairs and firefighting lifts should be approached from either of the following. a. A...
See Diagram 2.1c. The dwellinghouse should have either of the following. a. Protected stairway – a...
Every doorway or other exit providing access to a means of escape, other than exits in ordinary use ...
Section 7 provides guidance on avoiding the spread of fire between storeys. For a stair that is also...
The construction separating two adjacent protected stairways (or exit passageways leading to differe...
Every common stair should be a protected stairway. Where the protected stairway passes from one comp...
An escape route should not pass through one stair enclosure to reach another. It may pass through a ...
The external wall of a protected shaft does not normally need to have fire resistance. Situations wh...
Basement storeys containing habitable rooms should have one of the following. a. An emergency escap...
In buildings designed for phased evacuation or progressive horizontal evacuation, if the lift well i...
Any stair or other shaft passing directly from one compartment to another should be enclosed in a pr...
Any alternative exit from a flat should comply with all of the following. a. It should be remote fr...
Any external escape stair should meet all of the following conditions (Diagram 2.7). a. Doors to th...
All of the following precautions should be taken to avoid the spread of smoke and fire to the protec...
Despite the provisions described, it is probable that some smoke will get into the common corridor o...
Firefighting stairs and firefighting lifts should be approached from either of the following. a. A...
See Diagram 2.1c. The dwellinghouse should have either of the following. a. Protected stairway – a...
Every doorway or other exit providing access to a means of escape, other than exits in ordinary use ...
Section 7 provides guidance on avoiding the spread of fire between storeys. For a stair that is also...