Pipes for oil or gas and ventilation ducts in protected shafts

Department for Communities and Local Government, (2019) Pipes for oil or gas and ventilation ducts in protected shafts. In: Approved Document B: Fire Safety - Volume 1: Dwellings. 2019 ed. Section 7: Compartmentation/sprinklers – flats, 1 (7.26). RIBA Publishing Publication, London, p. 63. ISBN 9781859469156

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Abstract

A protected shaft containing a protected stairway and/or a lift should not also contain either of the following.
a. A pipe that conveys oil, other than in the mechanism of a hydraulic lift.
b. A ventilating duct. Two exceptions are as follows.
i. A duct provided for pressurising the protected stairway to keep it smoke free.
ii. A duct provided only to ventilate the protected stairway.
A pipe that is completely separated from a protected shaft by fire resisting construction is not considered to be contained within that shaft.

Item Type: Book Section
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Uncontrolled Keywords: protected shaft, protected stairway, pipe, fire protection
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 21:02
URI: https://buildvoc.co.uk/id/eprint/589

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