Table 4.1: Fire Resistance Test Provisions for Building Elements

Table 4.1 Specific provisions of test for fire resistance of elements of structure and other components of a building (cont'd) Part of building | Minimum provisions when tested to the relevant part of BS 476 (minutes) | Minimum provisions when tested to the relevant European standard (minutes) | Method of exposure | Loadbearing capacity | Integrity | Insulation | | 10 Firefighting shafts – (a) construction separating firefighting shafts from remainder of building | 120 | 120 | 120 | REI 120 | From side remote from shaft (b) construction with a firefighting shaft separating firefighting stairway, firefighting lift shaft and firefighting lobby | 60 | 60 | 60 | REI 60 | From shaft side | 60 | 60 | 60 | REI 60 | Each side separately 11 Enclosure (which is not a compartment wall or described in item 8) to a – (a) protected lobby or refuge | 30 | 30 | 30 | REI 30 | Each side separately (b) protected corridor | 30 | 30 | 30 | REI 30 | 12 Subdivision of a corridor | 30 | 30 | 30 | REI 30 | Each side separately 13 Wall separating an attached or integral garage from a dwellinghouse | 30 | 30 | 30 | REI 30 | From garage side 14 Fire-resisting construction – (a) in dwellings not described elsewhere | 30 | 30 | 30 | REI 30 | Each side separately (b) enclosing places of special fire hazard | 30 | 30 | 30 | REI 30 | (c) between retail areas in a shop and store rooms | 30 | 30 | 30 | REI 30 | (d) fire-resisting subdivision described in Note (4) to Table 4.6 | 30 | 30 | 30 | REI 30 |