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Workplace Regulations and Common Parts of Flats
NI-wide·Technical Booklet L Combustion Appliances and Fuel Storage Systems
The Workplace Regulations apply to the common parts of flats and similar buildings if people such as cleaners, wardens and caretakers are employed to work in these common parts. Where the requirements
flatsdwellingnon-domesticFlue routing restrictions
2.39NI-wide·Technical Booklet L Combustion Appliances and Fuel Storage Systems
Flues should not pass through another premises since access for inspection may not always be available to that premises and chimney system running through it. Flues may pass through communal areas inc
combustion-appliancesflatsSize of flues
3.3NI-wide·Technical Booklet L Combustion Appliances and Fuel Storage Systems
A flue should be sized to suit the intended appliance to ensure an adequate discharge velocity of the flue gas that will prevent flow reversal problems but will not impose excessive flow resistance.
non-domesticdwellingflatsFlue pipe diameter
3.4NI-wide·Technical Booklet L Combustion Appliances and Fuel Storage Systems
A flue pipe should have the same diameter or equivalent cross-sectional area as that of the appliance flue outlet and should be not smaller than the size recommended by the appliance manufacturer.
non-domesticdwellingflatsAir supply to solid fuel burning appliances
Table 3.1NI-wide·Technical Booklet L Combustion Appliances and Fuel Storage Systems
Table 3.1 Air supply to solid fuel burning appliances Type of appliance: Open appliance such as an open fire with no throat, e.g. a fire under a canopy as in Diagram 3.6 | Type and amount of ventilat
dwellingflatsventilationAir supply notes and exceptions
Table 3.1 NotesNI-wide·Technical Booklet L Combustion Appliances and Fuel Storage Systems
Notes: (1) Extract fans should not be installed in the same room or space as a solid fuel burning appliance, see paragraph 2.17. (2) For simple open fires as depicted in Diagram 3.12 the air supply re
dwellingflatsventilationLocations of flue outlets serving gas appliances
Table 4.3NI-wide·Technical Booklet L Combustion Appliances and Fuel Storage Systems
Table 4.3 Locations of flue outlets serving gas appliances Distance Location: Minimum separation distances for terminals (mm) A Below an opening(1) Balanced flue - Natural draught: 0–7 kW: 300; >7–1
non-domesticdwellingflatscommercialindustrialpublic-buildingAppliances fitted in bedrooms, bathrooms and shower rooms
5.2NI-wide·Technical Booklet L Combustion Appliances and Fuel Storage Systems
An open-flued oil-fired appliance should not be installed in a bedroom, bathroom or shower room as there is an increased risk of carbon monoxide poisoning. If a combustion appliance must be installed
fire-safetydwellingflats