Compartment floor - Revision history

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	Additional measures may be needed where an atrium, chute, stair, lift and so on passes through a compartment floor.		Additional measures may be needed where an atrium, chute, stair, lift and so on passes through a compartment floor.

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	* Fire safety design.		* Fire safety design.
	* Fire-separating element.		* Fire-separating element.
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	* Fire-stopping.		* Fire-stopping.
	* Protected stairway.		* Protected stairway.
	* Types of floor.		* Types of floor.

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	* Fire collar.		* Fire collar.
	* Fire compartment.		* Fire compartment.

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	* Fire compartment.		* Fire compartment.
	* Fire damper.		* Fire damper.

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	* Fire compartment.		* Fire compartment.
	* Fire damper.		* Fire damper.

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	Joints between compartment floors should be fire-stopped to maintain the continuity of resistance; and openings for timber beams, joists, purlins and rafters, and pipes, ducts, conduits or cables that pass through any part of a compartment floor should be kept as few in number as possible, kept as small as practicable; and should be fire-stopped. See Fire stopping for more information.		Joints between compartment floors should be fire-stopped to maintain the continuity of resistance; and openings for timber beams, joists, purlins and rafters, and pipes, ducts, conduits or cables that pass through any part of a compartment floor should be kept as few in number as possible, kept as small as practicable; and should be fire-stopped. See Fire stopping for more information.
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		+	Additional measures may be needed where an atrium, chute, stair, lift and so on passes through a compartment floor.

	= Find out more =		= Find out more =

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−	The spread of fire can be restricted by sub-dividing buildings into a number of discrete ~~compartments. A compartment floor is used in the separation of one fire compartment from another~~, ~~hindering the spread of fire~~.	+	The spread of fire can be restricted by sub-dividing buildings into a number of discrete, contained compartments.

	Fire compartmentation:		Fire compartmentation:

	* Prevents the rapid spread of fire which could trap the occupants of a building.		* Prevents the rapid spread of fire which could trap the occupants of a building.
−	* Reduces the ~~chance~~ of fires growing and creating a danger to occupants, fire and rescue services, and people in the vicinity of the building.	+	* Reduces the likelihood of fires growing and creating a danger to occupants, fire and rescue services, and people in the vicinity of the building.
	* Limits the damage caused to a building and its contents.		* Limits the damage caused to a building and its contents.

−	~~Compartment floors are required to provide a minimum degree of fire resistance as set out in Appendix~~ A ~~of Approved document B2 and Appendix A of Approved document B1 (for dwellinghouses). This fire resistance~~ is ~~generally expressed in terms~~ of the ~~number of minutes of resistance that must be provided by different parts~~ of a ~~building. Methods for testing~~ fire ~~resistance are set out in BS 476 Fire tests~~.	+	A compartment floor is horizontal component that forms part of the enclosure of a fire compartment.

−	~~Joints between compartment~~ floors ~~should be fire-stopped~~ to ~~maintain the continuity~~ of resistance; and ~~openings for timber beams, joists, purlins and rafters, and pipes, ducts, conduits or cables that pass through any part~~ of ~~a compartment floor should be kept as few~~ in number ~~as possible, kept as small as practicable; and should~~ be ~~fire-stopped~~. ~~See Fire stopping~~ for ~~more information~~.	+	Compartment floors are required to provide a minimum degree of fire resistance as set out in Appendix A of Approved document B2 and Appendix A of Approved document B1 (for dwellinghouses). This fire resistance is generally expressed in terms of the number of minutes of resistance that must be provided. Methods for testing fire resistance are set out in BS 476 Fire tests.

−	At the ~~junction~~ of ~~an external wall with no fire~~ resistance and a compartment floor, ~~the movement of the wall away from the floor when exposed to fire can~~ be ~~reduced by restraining the external wall at the floor level~~.	+	Joints between compartment floors should be fire-stopped to maintain the continuity of resistance; and openings for timber beams, joists, purlins and rafters, and pipes, ducts, conduits or cables that pass through any part of a compartment floor should be kept as few in number as possible, kept as small as practicable; and should be fire-stopped. See Fire stopping for more information.

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	Compartment floors are required to provide a minimum degree of fire resistance as set out in Appendix A of Approved document B2 and Appendix A of Approved document B1 (for dwellinghouses). This fire resistance is generally expressed in terms of the number of minutes of resistance that must be provided by different parts of a building. Methods for testing fire resistance are set out in BS 476 Fire tests.		Compartment floors are required to provide a minimum degree of fire resistance as set out in Appendix A of Approved document B2 and Appendix A of Approved document B1 (for dwellinghouses). This fire resistance is generally expressed in terms of the number of minutes of resistance that must be provided by different parts of a building. Methods for testing fire resistance are set out in BS 476 Fire tests.

−	Joints between compartment floors should be fire-stopped to maintain the continuity of resistance; and openings for timber beams, joists, purlins and rafters, and pipes, ducts, conduits or cables that pass through any part of a compartment floor should be kept as few in number as possible, kept as small as practicable; and should be ~~[https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/Fire~~ fire]-stopped. See Fire stopping for more information.	+	Joints between compartment floors should be fire-stopped to maintain the continuity of resistance; and openings for timber beams, joists, purlins and rafters, and pipes, ducts, conduits or cables that pass through any part of a compartment floor should be kept as few in number as possible, kept as small as practicable; and should be fire-stopped. See Fire stopping for more information.

	At the junction of an external wall with no fire resistance and a compartment floor, the movement of the wall away from the floor when exposed to fire can be reduced by restraining the external wall at the floor level.		At the junction of an external wall with no fire resistance and a compartment floor, the movement of the wall away from the floor when exposed to fire can be reduced by restraining the external wall at the floor level.

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The spread of fire can be restricted by sub-dividing buildings into a number of discrete compartments. A compartment floor is used in the separation of one fire compartment from another, hindering the spread of fire.

Fire compartmentation:

* Prevents the rapid spread of fire which could trap the occupants of a building.
* Reduces the chance of fires growing and creating a danger to occupants, fire and rescue services, and people in the vicinity of the building.
* Limits the damage caused to a building and its contents.

Compartment floors are required to provide a minimum degree of fire resistance as set out in Appendix A of Approved document B2 and Appendix A of Approved document B1 (for dwellinghouses). This fire resistance is generally expressed in terms of the number of minutes of resistance that must be provided by different parts of a building. Methods for testing fire resistance are set out in BS 476 Fire tests.

Joints between compartment floors should be fire-stopped to maintain the continuity of resistance; and openings for timber beams, joists, purlins and rafters, and pipes, ducts, conduits or cables that pass through any part of a compartment floor should be kept as few in number as possible, kept as small as practicable; and should be [https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/Fire fire]-stopped. See Fire stopping for more information.

At the junction of an external wall with no fire resistance and a compartment floor, the movement of the wall away from the floor when exposed to fire can be reduced by restraining the external wall at the floor level.

= Find out more =

=== Related articles on Designing Buildings Wiki ===

* Approved document B.
* Fire compartment.
* Fire damper.
* Fire resistance.
* Fire safety design.
* Fire-separating element.
* Fire-stopping.
* Protected stairway.
* Types of floor.

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