Inspector Gadget
Registered User
Question for you folks that play in both part 3 and part 9:
When dealing with exits, do you require exit shafts on part 9 buildings, or do you allow fire separations only?
Reason I ask is that in a presentation yesterday, a ... person of some influence ... highlighted that the Part 3 exits must be separated from the *building*
but part 9 states:
The interp presented was that "floor area" would not require the same standards - ie: not a shaft, can have joists inset into the walls of an exit stair, for example.
I disagree, because 9.9.9.4 has language that clearly points to the concept of a shaft:
When dealing with exits, do you require exit shafts on part 9 buildings, or do you allow fire separations only?
Reason I ask is that in a presentation yesterday, a ... person of some influence ... highlighted that the Part 3 exits must be separated from the *building*
but part 9 states:
The interp presented was that "floor area" would not require the same standards - ie: not a shaft, can have joists inset into the walls of an exit stair, for example.
I disagree, because 9.9.9.4 has language that clearly points to the concept of a shaft: