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THE REGULATORY REFORM (FIRE SAFETY) ORDER 2005 => Q & A => Topic started by: leebrown on July 23, 2019, 12:23:47 AM
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I recently came across a open service shaft in a 3 storey block of flats, fire doors were at each level but I would have thought this would also require fire stopping at each floor level?
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It's fine - Look at para 8.33 and diagram 8.3 of Approved Document B (new version)
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I've come across this a few time with fire risk assessors stating that the riser must be stopped at each floor level. It is either a protected shaft (riser) or it has floors and becomes a service cupboard.
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I've come across this a few time with fire risk assessors stating that the riser must be stopped at each floor level. It is either a protected shaft (riser) or it has floors and becomes a service cupboard.
It gets better Jon, I know a Fire Safety Officer who tried to enforce it.
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Only one FSO Dave!? ;D
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I did some work for a PM company who put this in all their FRAs. I pointed out that it was unnecessary and their response was ?it?s what we do?. I also pointed out that they should be commenting on roof compartmentation and was told that it was ?building regs and we don?t do it?.
I wrote my FRAs to suit myself and never got any more work off them.