House of Tiny Tearaways

[skwdenyer]

I wonder what the forum's opinion of the use class of the building used for BBC Three series' House of Tiny Tearaways is? I'm speaking from a B1 building regs point-of-view, but presumably building subject to a Fire Certificate?

In particular, I couldn't help noticing that the "baby rooms" appear to be inner rooms, something which it would seem are not permitted in residential circumstances...

[Paul]

never seen it, please give more detail

[skwdenyer]

This is a series currently being broadcast on BBC Three (8pm each weeknight). Three different families are housed in an accommodation building for a period of a week, under the observation, care and advice of a clinical psychologist. They are filmed 24/7. They sleep, eat, etc. in the "house" as if they were living there.

By observation, the sleeping arrangements consist of a main "parent" bedroom off an access corridor. There is a bathroom and a childrens' bedroom leading off the main bedroom. All rooms are at ground floor level. The childrens' bedroom in each suite is an inner room that is also a bedroom.

[Graeme]

i bet your a nightmare to watch a film with

[skwdenyer]

That's the problem with knowledge, hard to turn off :-)

I'm not a fire professional, but rather a business owner trying to grapple with the issues at a practical level. In a previous life I was a theatrical lighting designer and producer, and involved with lighting museums, so nowadays I can't go to a theatre without looking at how the show is lit, or visit a museum without examining the picture-hanging technology. Right now I'm doing plans for our new building, and hence grappling with Building Regs, British Standards, etc., and in consequence I find I can't watch the TV any longer either...

I'm posting a separate question regarding "inner rooms", since this is a problem I'm tackling right now and the regulations don't seem to make it clear!