STRUCTURAL FIRE PRECAUTIONS D - South Ayrshire Council
STRUCTURAL FIRE PRECAUTIONS D - South Ayrshire Council
STRUCTURAL FIRE PRECAUTIONS D - South Ayrshire Council
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D5.7 – D5.9<br />
D<br />
D5.7 Every part of a separating wall must be of materials which are non-combustible (see D1.3),<br />
except -<br />
OPENINGS<br />
a wall may contain a structural frame of material which is low, medium, high or very high risk, provided<br />
any insulants exposed to a cavity are low risk materials or non-combustible, the internal linings are low<br />
risk materials or non-combustible, and the wall contains no pipes, wires or other services, and is<br />
between -<br />
a. houses; or<br />
b. a dwelling and any integral or attached garage; or<br />
c. garages; or<br />
d. flats or maisonettes, with no storey at a height of more than 18 m, where the wall does not form<br />
part of the enclosure of solid waste storage accommodation; or<br />
e. in a building with no storey at a height of more than 18 m, between flats or maisonettes and an<br />
escape stair enclosure; or<br />
f. between dwellings and shared residential accommodation.<br />
D5.8* A separating wall and a separating floor must have no openings and must provide a barrier to fire<br />
between the parts of a building to be separated, including any roof space,<br />
except -<br />
a. for a chimney or flue-pipe which is of suitable construction so that in the event of fire the level of<br />
fire safety performance required of the separating wall or separating floor is maintained; or<br />
b. where the separating wall is required by D5.1b and it is an opening with a suitable self-closing fire<br />
door with the same duration as the separating wall,<br />
except -<br />
a fire door in a separating wall between a flat or maisonette and a protected lobby or protected zone<br />
may be short duration; or<br />
c. where the separating wall is required by -<br />
i. D5.1c, D5.1d or D5.2b, and<br />
ii.<br />
it is an opening with a suitable self-closing fire door with the same duration as the separating<br />
wall; or<br />
d. where there is a service opening -<br />
i. which is of suitable construction, or where the services are suitably protected, so that in the<br />
event of fire the level of fire safety performance required of the separating wall or separating<br />
floor is maintained, and<br />
ii.<br />
which is suitably fire-stopped.<br />
JUNCTIONS<br />
D5.9 Where a separating wall or separating floor meets an external wall or a separating wall, the junction<br />
must maintain the required level of fire safety performance of the separating wall or separating floor.<br />
17D Amdt: September 2001