Place of special fire hazard - Revision history

Designing Buildings at 07:36, 24 January 2025

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Designing Buildings at 05:08, 16 August 2023

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	A protected lobby should be provided between an escape stairway and a place of special fire hazard. The lobby should have not less than 0.4m² permanent ventilation, or should be protected from the ingress of smoke by a mechanical smoke control system.		A protected lobby should be provided between an escape stairway and a place of special fire hazard. The lobby should have not less than 0.4m² permanent ventilation, or should be protected from the ingress of smoke by a mechanical smoke control system.

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	* Approved document B.		* Approved document B.
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	* Building regulations.		* Building regulations.
	* Compartmentation.		* Compartmentation.
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	* Fire resistance.		* Fire resistance.
	* Fire-separating element.		* Fire-separating element.

Designing Buildings at 13:03, 8 February 2021

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Designing Buildings at 08:41, 1 December 2020

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Designing Buildings at 11:06, 6 November 2019

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	The building regulations Approved Document B, ‘Fire safety’, suggests that 'places of special fire hazard' include:		The building regulations Approved Document B, ‘Fire safety’, suggests that 'places of special fire hazard' include:

−	* Oil-filled transformer ~~and switch~~ gear rooms.	+	* Oil-filled transformer rooms.
		+	* Switch gear rooms.
	* Boiler rooms.		* Boiler rooms.
−	* Storage spaces for fuel or other highly-flammable ~~substances~~.	+	* Storage spaces for fuel or other highly flammable substance(s).
−	* Rooms ~~housing~~ a fixed internal combustion engine.	+	* Rooms that house a fixed internal combustion engine.

	Every place of special fire hazard should be enclosed with fire-resisting construction. Any such walls and floors are not compartment walls or compartment floors.		Every place of special fire hazard should be enclosed with fire-resisting construction. Any such walls and floors are not compartment walls or compartment floors.
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	A protected lobby should be provided between an escape stairway and a place of special fire hazard. The lobby should have not less than 0.4m² permanent ventilation, or should be protected from the ingress of smoke by a mechanical smoke control system.		A protected lobby should be provided between an escape stairway and a place of special fire hazard. The lobby should have not less than 0.4m² permanent ventilation, or should be protected from the ingress of smoke by a mechanical smoke control system.

−	~~= Find out more =~~	+	= Related articles on Designing Buildings Wiki =
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−	=== Related articles on Designing Buildings Wiki ===	+

	* Approved document B.		* Approved document B.
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	* Ventilation.		* Ventilation.

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Designing Buildings at 08:57, 9 October 2017

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	* Building regulations.		* Building regulations.
	* Compartmentation.		* Compartmentation.
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	* Fire resistance.		* Fire resistance.
	* Fire-separating element.		* Fire-separating element.

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The building regulations Approved Document B, ‘Fire safety’, suggests that 'places of special fire hazard' include:

* Oil-filled transformer and switch gear rooms.
* Boiler rooms.
* Storage spaces for fuel or other highly-flammable substances.
* Rooms housing a fixed internal combustion engine.

Every place of special fire hazard should be enclosed with fire-resisting construction. Any such walls and floors are not compartment walls or compartment floors.

A protected lobby should be provided between an escape stairway and a place of special fire hazard. The lobby should have not less than 0.4m² permanent ventilation, or should be protected from the ingress of smoke by a mechanical smoke control system.

= Find out more =

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

* Approved document B.
* Approved documents.
* Building regulations.
* Compartmentation.
* Escape stair.
* Fire resistance.
* Fire-separating element.
* Fire-stopping.
* Ventilation.

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