Definition of ceiling - Revision history

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	* Floor.		* Floor.
	* Foundations.		* Foundations.
		+	* Lancunar.
	* Roof.		* Roof.
	* Suspended ceiling.		* Suspended ceiling.

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		+	* Ceiling tiles.
	* Doors.		* Doors.
	* Floor.		* Floor.

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	* Windows.		* Windows.

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Designing Buildings at 07:34, 17 November 2019

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	Approved document B, Fire Safety, Volume 1 Dwelling houses, defines a ceiling as:		Approved document B, Fire Safety, Volume 1 Dwelling houses, defines a ceiling as:

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	For the purposes of the performance of ceiling linings, a ceiling includes:		For the purposes of the performance of ceiling linings, a ceiling includes:
−	*the surface of glazing;	+
−	*any part of a wall which slopes at an angle of 70º or less to the horizontal;	+	* the surface of glazing;
−	*the underside of a gallery; and	+	* any part of a wall which slopes at an angle of 70º or less to the horizontal;
−	*the underside of a roof exposed to the room below.	+	* the underside of a gallery; and
		+	* the underside of a roof exposed to the room below.

	But a ceiling does not include:		But a ceiling does not include:
−	*trap doors and their frames;
−	*the frames of windows or rooflights and frames in which glazing is fitted; or
−	*architraves, cover moulds, picture rails, exposed beams and similar narrow members.

−	[[Category:Products_/_components]]	+	* trap doors and their frames;
		+	* the frames of windows or rooflights and frames in which glazing is fitted; or
		+	* architraves, cover moulds, picture rails, exposed beams and similar narrow members.
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		+	= Related articles on Designing Buildings. =
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		+	* Doors.
		+	* Floor.
		+	* Foundations.
		+	* Roof.
		+	* Suspended ceiling.
		+	* Types of wall.
		+	* Windows.
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	Approved document B, Fire Safety, Volume 1 Dwelling houses, defines a ceiling as:		Approved document B, Fire Safety, Volume 1 Dwelling houses, defines a ceiling as:

−	A part of a building which encloses and is exposed overhead in a room, protected shaft	+	A part of a building which encloses and is exposed overhead in a room, protected shaft or circulation space. (The soffit of a rooflight is included as part of the surface of the ceiling, but not the frame. An upstand below a rooflight would be considered as a wall.)
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−	or circulation space. (The soffit of a rooflight is included as part of the surface of the ceiling, but not the frame. An upstand below a rooflight would be considered as a wall.)	+

	For the purposes of the performance of ceiling linings, a ceiling includes:		For the purposes of the performance of ceiling linings, a ceiling includes:

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Approved document B, Fire Safety, Volume 1 Dwelling houses, defines a ceiling as:

A part of a building which encloses and is exposed overhead in a room, protected shaft

or circulation space. (The soffit of a rooflight is included as part of the surface of the ceiling, but not the frame. An upstand below a rooflight would be considered as a wall.)

For the purposes of the performance of ceiling linings, a ceiling includes:
*the surface of glazing;
*any part of a wall which slopes at an angle of 70º or less to the horizontal;
*the underside of a gallery; and
*the underside of a roof exposed to the room below.

But a ceiling does not include:
*trap doors and their frames;
*the frames of windows or rooflights and frames in which glazing is fitted; or
*architraves, cover moulds, picture rails, exposed beams and similar narrow members.

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