Service shaft in blocks of flats

[leebrown]

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?

[Dinnertime Dave]

It's fine - Look at para 8.33 and diagram 8.3 of Approved Document B (new version)

[Revol]

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.

[Dinnertime Dave]

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.

[William 29]

Only one FSO Dave!? 

[Seetek]

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.