Every common stair should be a protected stairway. Where the protected stairway passes from one compartment to another, it should be within a protected shaft
Ventilation ducts supplying or extracting air directly to or from a protected stairway should not al...
Exclude external walls of stairways in a protected shaft when assessing unprotected areas (see Diagr...
Basement storeys containing habitable rooms should have one of the following. a. An emergency escap...
Every common stair should be a protected stairway, within a fire resisting enclosure (minimum REI 30...
Any stair or other shaft passing directly from one compartment to another should be enclosed in a pr...
Every protected stairway should lead to a final exit, either directly or via a protected exit passag...
A building should provide access to more than one common stair if it does not meet the criteria for ...
The external wall of a protected shaft does not normally need to have fire resistance. Situations wh...
The construction separating two adjacent protected stairways (or exit passageways leading to differe...
In basements and enclosed car parks, the lift should be within the enclosure of a protected stairway...
Section 7 provides guidance on avoiding the spread of fire between storeys. For a stair that is also...
An escape route should not pass through one stair enclosure to reach another. It may pass through a ...
If a protected stairway projects beyond, is recessed from or is in an internal angle of the adjoinin...
A protected stairway should not be used for anything else, except a lift well or electricity meters
The diagram shows three common examples which illustrate the principles. The elements enclosing the ...
Ventilation ducts supplying or extracting air directly to or from a protected stairway should not al...
Exclude external walls of stairways in a protected shaft when assessing unprotected areas (see Diagr...
Basement storeys containing habitable rooms should have one of the following. a. An emergency escap...
Every common stair should be a protected stairway, within a fire resisting enclosure (minimum REI 30...
Any stair or other shaft passing directly from one compartment to another should be enclosed in a pr...
Every protected stairway should lead to a final exit, either directly or via a protected exit passag...
A building should provide access to more than one common stair if it does not meet the criteria for ...
The external wall of a protected shaft does not normally need to have fire resistance. Situations wh...
The construction separating two adjacent protected stairways (or exit passageways leading to differe...
In basements and enclosed car parks, the lift should be within the enclosure of a protected stairway...
Section 7 provides guidance on avoiding the spread of fire between storeys. For a stair that is also...
An escape route should not pass through one stair enclosure to reach another. It may pass through a ...
If a protected stairway projects beyond, is recessed from or is in an internal angle of the adjoinin...
A protected stairway should not be used for anything else, except a lift well or electricity meters
The diagram shows three common examples which illustrate the principles. The elements enclosing the ...
Ventilation ducts supplying or extracting air directly to or from a protected stairway should not al...
Exclude external walls of stairways in a protected shaft when assessing unprotected areas (see Diagr...
Basement storeys containing habitable rooms should have one of the following. a. An emergency escap...