Unprotected areas and fire resistance

Department for Communities and Local Government, (2019) Unprotected areas and fire resistance. In: Approved Document B: Fire Safety - Volume 1: Dwellings. 2019 ed. Section 11: Resisting fire spread from one building to another, 1 (11.7). RIBA Publishing Publication, London, p. 86. ISBN 9781859469156

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Abstract

Where a fire resisting external wall has a surface material that is worse than class B-s3, d2 and is more than 1mm thick, that part of the wall should be classified as an unprotected area equating to half its area (Diagram 11.4).

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Uncontrolled Keywords: unprotected area, external wall, total useful floor area, total useful floor area, protected entrance hall/landing, communal or common (area facilities or entrances), air permeability, non-combustible material, wall, separated part
Subjects: Section 11: Resisting fire spread from one building to another
B4: External fire spread
Building standards
Date Deposited: 15 Feb 2020 05:16
Last Modified: 13 Oct 2021 19:42
URI: https://buildvoc.co.uk/id/eprint/720

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