Department for Communities and Local Government, (2019) Construction of compartment walls and compartment floors General provisions. In: Approved Document B: Fire Safety - Volume 1: Dwellings. 2019 ed. Section 7: Compartmentation/sprinklers – flats, 1 (7.6). RIBA Publishing Publication, London, p. 59. ISBN 9781859469156
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Timber beams, joists, purlins and rafters may be built into or carried through a masonry or concrete compartment wall if the openings for them are both of the following.
a. As small as practicable.
b. Fire-stopped.
If trussed rafters bridge the wall, failure of the truss due to a fire in one compartment should not cause failure of the truss in another compartment.
| Item Type: | Book Section |
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| Additional Information: | mml-maui-text-analytics-keywords |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | fire-stop (Fire-stopping), compartment wall, fire compartment, fire wall, should, wall |
| Subjects: | Section 07: Compartmentation/sprinklers – flats B3: Internal fire spread (structure) Building standards |
| Date Deposited: | 15 Feb 2020 05:58 |
| Last Modified: | 29 Sep 2022 21:01 |
| URI: | https://buildvoc.co.uk/id/eprint/537 |
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