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lift shaft finish detail

  • 29-06-2009 5:15pm
    #1
    tothewest
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22 ✭


    hi guys ,

    hoping someone here can shed some light on a query i have. girlfriends father has a supermarket with the store on the groundfloor and storage area overhead on the first floor. materials, products etc are brought down to the store via a goods lift, the shop was finished 12 months ago builder is now looking for retention, myself and g/f's father looked around the first and second floor doing a bit of a snaglist, when we visited the attic we noticed that the lift shaft just comes up through the first floor ceiling and does not head up to the roof and is not covered over, i would have thought that in the interests of fire protection it should have been run up to the underside of the roof and sealed across, anyone have any opinions?


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  • #2
    sinnerboy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,433 ✭✭✭sinnerboy


    That is absolutely appalling . The shaft must be taken up to the roof underside and firestopped . Either that or a fire "lid" ( concrete ) over the shaft .


  • #3
    Poor Uncle Tom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,547 ✭✭✭✭Poor Uncle Tom


    sinnerboy wrote: »
    That is absolutely appalling . The shaft must be taken up to the roof underside and firestopped . Either that or a fire "lid" ( concrete ) over the shaft .

    + 1

    Check the Fire Safety Certificate Application report and see which one was to be carried out, your father-in-law's shop is not finished yet.


  • #4
    tothewest
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22 ✭tothewest


    hi guys

    thanks for the prompt replies thought myself that it should have been constructed differently to the way it was, could not believe that its not done according to proper spec's. although in fairness the attic roof space was in quite a mess, spools of cable left behind, insultion lifted and not replaced in the proper position.
    the building in question is located in northern ireland but i would assume that the specification does not differ greatly, i have a report from the local fire service stating that "the premises shall fall outside the scope of the fire services (northern ireland) order 1984 and may not require a fire certificate"

    thanks again


  • #5
    pseudo-tech
    Closed Accounts Posts: 379 ✭✭pseudo-tech


    It don't matter whether or not the property requires a fire safety certificate, the works still needs to comply with the requirements of the building regulations!


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