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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

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