Uninsulated glazed screens to protected shafts

Department for Communities and Local Government, (2019) Uninsulated glazed screens to protected shafts. In: Approved Document B: Fire Safety - Volume 1: Dwellings. 2019 ed. Section 7: Compartmentation/sprinklers – flats, 1 (7.24). RIBA Publishing Publication, London, p. 63. ISBN 9781859469156

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Abstract

An uninsulated glazed screen may be incorporated in the enclosure to a protected shaft between a stair and a lobby or corridor entered from the stair. The enclosure must conform to Diagram 7.2 and meet all of the following conditions.
a. The standard of fire resistance required for the protected stairway is not more than REI 60.
b. The glazed screen complies with the following.
i. It achieves a minimum rating of E 30.
ii. It complies with the guidance on limits on areas of uninsulated glazing in Appendix B, Table B5.
c. The lobby or corridor is enclosed with fire resisting construction achieving a minimum rating of REI 30.

Item Type: Book Section
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Uncontrolled Keywords: protected shaft, fire resisting (Fire resistance), fire protection, fire resistance, display window
Subjects: Section 07: Compartmentation/sprinklers – flats
B3: Internal fire spread (structure)
Building standards
Date Deposited: 15 Feb 2020 05:59
Last Modified: 29 Sep 2022 21:03
URI: https://buildvoc.co.uk/id/eprint/582

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