Department for Communities and Local Government, (2019) Flats with storeys more than 4.5m above ground level Internal planning of single storey flats. In: Approved Document B: Fire Safety - Volume 1: Dwellings. 2019 ed. Section 3: Means of escape – flats, 1 (3.18). RIBA Publishing Publication, London, p. 22. ISBN 9781859469156
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Abstract
One of the following approaches should be adopted, observing the inner room restrictions described in paragraphs 3.7 and 3.8.
a. Provide a protected entrance hall (minimum REI 30) serving all habitable rooms that meets the conditions shown in Diagram 3.2.
b. Plan the flat to meet the conditions shown in Diagram 3.3, so that both of the following apply.
i. The travel distance from the flat entrance door to any point in any habitable room is a maximum of 9m.
ii. Cooking facilities are remote from the main entrance door and do not impede the escape route from anywhere in the flat.
c. Provide an alternative exit from the flat complying with paragraph 3.22.
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | alternative exit, inner room, principal private entrance, principal communal entrance, travel distance, travel distance, access room, following edge (of door), entrance storey, boundary |
| Subjects: | Section 03: Means of escape – flats |
| Date Deposited: | 01 Feb 2020 08:11 |
| Last Modified: | 11 Jul 2022 20:07 |
| URI: | https://buildvoc.co.uk/id/eprint/203 |
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