Last edited 21 Feb 2025

Permanent opening

Approved document F: Volume 1: Dwellings, 2021 edition, defines a permanent opening as: ‘An opening between rooms or floors that has no means of closing it, e.g. an open stairwell or two rooms that have been joined by removing part of a wall.’

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