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Technical Advice / ladder in external escape route
« Last post by mosh on August 23, 2023, 07:32:48 PM »Are ladders acceptable in external escape routes?
I have seen a 5-storey office block, with an office that occupies the 2 top floors (third and fourth floors). Exit from the office is only via the third floor, but they have a small roof terrace (on the roof above the fourth floor), with a ladder (about 6 -7 rungs going up over a wall, and then a small landing and then a ladder going down again the other side of the wall) that leads to the roof of the neighbouring block, which they can access as an alternative route.
I understood that ladders are no longer acceptable - and this is a building that was only constructed about 3 years ago. They said that it was signed off under fire regulations after the building was completed.
Am I missing something?
I have seen a 5-storey office block, with an office that occupies the 2 top floors (third and fourth floors). Exit from the office is only via the third floor, but they have a small roof terrace (on the roof above the fourth floor), with a ladder (about 6 -7 rungs going up over a wall, and then a small landing and then a ladder going down again the other side of the wall) that leads to the roof of the neighbouring block, which they can access as an alternative route.
I understood that ladders are no longer acceptable - and this is a building that was only constructed about 3 years ago. They said that it was signed off under fire regulations after the building was completed.
Am I missing something?