Add to ORKGStairs and service shafts connecting compartments should be protected to restrict the spread of fire between the compartments. These are called protected shafts. Walls or floors surrounding a protected shaft are considered to be compartment walls or compartment floors
At the junction of a compartment floor and an external wall with no fire resistance, the external wa...
It is not appropriate to complete a line of compartment walls by fitting cavity barriers above them....
Buildings with firefighting shafts should have fire mains provided in both of the following. a. The...
Any stair or other shaft passing directly from one compartment to another should be enclosed in a pr...
The external wall of a protected shaft does not normally need to have fire resistance. Situations wh...
The construction enclosing a protected shaft (Diagram 7.1) should do all of the following. a. Form ...
Every common stair should be a protected stairway. Where the protected stairway passes from one comp...
A lift well connecting different compartments should form a protected shaft (see Section 7)
The diagram shows three common examples which illustrate the principles. The elements enclosing the ...
Where services could provide a source of ignition, the risk of fire developing and spreading into ad...
A protected shaft conveying piped flammable gas should be ventilated direct to the outside air, by v...
Firefighting stairs and firefighting lifts should be approached from either of the following. a. A...
Openings should be limited to those for any of the following. a. Fire doorsets of the appropriate f...
Parts of a building occupied mainly for different purposes should be separated from one another by c...
Section 7 provides guidance on avoiding the spread of fire between storeys. For a stair that is also...
At the junction of a compartment floor and an external wall with no fire resistance, the external wa...
It is not appropriate to complete a line of compartment walls by fitting cavity barriers above them....
Buildings with firefighting shafts should have fire mains provided in both of the following. a. The...
Any stair or other shaft passing directly from one compartment to another should be enclosed in a pr...
The external wall of a protected shaft does not normally need to have fire resistance. Situations wh...
The construction enclosing a protected shaft (Diagram 7.1) should do all of the following. a. Form ...
Every common stair should be a protected stairway. Where the protected stairway passes from one comp...
A lift well connecting different compartments should form a protected shaft (see Section 7)
The diagram shows three common examples which illustrate the principles. The elements enclosing the ...
Where services could provide a source of ignition, the risk of fire developing and spreading into ad...
A protected shaft conveying piped flammable gas should be ventilated direct to the outside air, by v...
Firefighting stairs and firefighting lifts should be approached from either of the following. a. A...
Openings should be limited to those for any of the following. a. Fire doorsets of the appropriate f...
Parts of a building occupied mainly for different purposes should be separated from one another by c...
Section 7 provides guidance on avoiding the spread of fire between storeys. For a stair that is also...
At the junction of a compartment floor and an external wall with no fire resistance, the external wa...
It is not appropriate to complete a line of compartment walls by fitting cavity barriers above them....
Buildings with firefighting shafts should have fire mains provided in both of the following. a. The...