Definitions of Building Elements and Spaces

Separating wall and separating floor means respectively a wall or floor (including a stair) separating a dwelling or room for residential purposes from – (a) another dwelling or another building; or (b) another part of the same building which is not used exclusively with that dwelling. Resilient layer – a layer that isolates a floating layer from a base floor and surrounding walls. Open access balcony means a balcony which – (a) gives access to dwellings or a common service area; and (b) ignoring structural columns is open to the external air for more than one-third of its floor to ceiling height and throughout the length of the dwellings or rooms for residential purposes.