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FIRE SERVICE AND GENERAL FIRE SAFETY TOPICS => Fire Safety => Topic started by: Fraudley on September 26, 2019, 08:30:02 AM

Title: wooden balconies
Post by: Fraudley on September 26, 2019, 08:30:02 AM

Old topic I know, but the business I work for have just told me they are incorporating wooden balconies in their developments (flats). There's nothing good about them. They are outside all the flats and by balconies the typical plan will be 4 sided!  Fire has the potential to spread like allllll the other flat fires of late.

Question I have is, would you continue working for this business, or would you feel that you have to leave to avoid one day saying 'I did try and warn you!'

Personally, I'm torn and would like to know what others would do.

Thanks

Title: Re: wooden balconies
Post by: JT on September 26, 2019, 09:37:22 AM

Try and educate them, if they don?t want to listen, leave as there?s plenty of jobs out there at the moment and clients who genuinely want to do the right thing.
I?ve had clients asking for justification assessments instead of external wall or balcony assessments.
I?m noticing the insurers and mortgage providers are the ones challenging this issue.

Title: Re: wooden balconies
Post by: AnthonyB on September 26, 2019, 07:51:22 PM

Considering everywhere is being told to remove them you would hope the building control process would wake up to this and stop them.....but I wouldn't hold my breath!

Title: Re: wooden balconies
Post by: Fraudley on October 07, 2019, 09:41:00 PM

All seems to have fallen on deaf ears. Pastures new then.....

Title: Re: wooden balconies
Post by: Seetek on October 08, 2019, 05:31:15 PM

I take it you have showed them this?

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/823970/Advice_on_Balconies_on_Residential_Buildings.pdf