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Emergency egress windows - requirement and location
2.4NI-wide·Technical Booklet E Fire Safety
Every storey (including a basement storey) in a dwellinghouse which does not have alternative escape routes leading to their own exits should have an emergency egress window for escape or rescue purpo
dwellingmeans-of-escapefire-safetyprotection-from-fallingEmergency egress windows – positioning requirements
2.4(b)-(d)NI-wide·Technical Booklet E Fire Safety
where it is a dormer or roof window – be positioned as shown on Diagram 2.1; be located remote from the escape route; and comply with paragraph 2.9.
dwellingmeans-of-escapeprotection-from-fallingDiagram 2.1 – Emergency egress window dimensions and positioning
Diagram 2.1NI-wide·Technical Booklet E Fire Safety
Emergency egress windows from roof space conversions of 2 storey dwellinghouses. (a) Dormer window – bottom of opening 800–1100 mm above floor level at eaves. (b) Roof window (rooflight) – bottom of o
dwellingmeans-of-escapeprotection-from-fallingThermoplastic Material Surface Requirements When Used as Lining
3.6NI-wide·Technical Booklet E Fire Safety
Where a thermoplastic material is used as a lining to protect a wall or ceiling but is not fully bonded to a non-thermoplastic substrate the surfaces of both the thermoplastic material and the substra
fire-safetymaterialsprotection-from-fallingRooflights – Material classification and size limits
3.14NI-wide·Technical Booklet E Fire Safety
Other than in a protected stairway a rooflight may be of a classification lower than the relevant Class given in Table 3.1 provided that – (a) where it is – (i) a plastic material which has a lower su
fire-safetyglazingprotection-from-fallingSpace separation and protection against external fire spread
5.6NI-wide·Technical Booklet E Fire Safety
Protection against the external spread of fire from one building to another is related to – (i) the distance between a building and each of its relevant boundaries (see paragraph 5.9); and (ii) the ex
fire-safetyexternal-spaceprotection-from-falling