What is Technical Guidance Document A?
Technical Guidance Documents are published to accompany each part of the Building Regulations indicating how the requirements of that part can be achieved in practice. Primary responsibility for compliance with the requirements of the Building Regulations rests with the designers, builders and owners of buildings.
What is part j of the Building Regulations?
Summary. Approved Document J provides guidance on the safe installation and usage of heat producing appliances, including boilers, chimneys and flues, and offers advice on safe fuel storage installations, including solid fuel, liquid oil fuels, and gas-fired heating.
What technical document does heat producing appliances fall under?
Technical Guidance Document J
gov.ie – Technical Guidance Document J – Heat Producing Appliances.
Which building regulation covers heat producing appliances?
The building regulations approved document J is all about the safety and safe operation and installation of heat producing appliances such as boilers, burners and incinerators.
Is a WC an inner room?
Approved document B, Fire Safety, Volume 1 Dwelling houses, defines an ‘inner room’ as a: A bathroom, WC, or shower room. Any room on a storey that is a maximum of 4.5m above ground level which is provided with an emergency escape window as described in paragraph 2.10.
What is b Building Regulations?
Part B of the building regulations in England covers fire safety matters within and around buildings. The approved documents to Part B are in two volumes. The most recent editions were published in January 2013 and came into effect in April 2013.
When did Hetas certificates come in?
Any solid fuel appliance fitted since April 2005 will require a document called a Certificate of Compliance.
What is a low level discharge flue?
Open can alsobe of a “low level discharge” type, typically found on external boilers, where the flue gases exit the flue at low level and air for combustion is supplied into the boiler casing through a louvered vent. Room sealed balanced flues draw air for combustion directly from outside.
What is a combustion appliance?
A combustion appliance is an apparatus where fuel is burned to generate heat for space heating, water heating, cooking or other similar purpose. Typical combustion appliances are boilers, warm air heaters, water heaters, fires, stoves and cookers.
What is a se duct?
In SE-duct system the air inlet to the duct is at low level and the outlet is at high level, while the U-duct has both inlet and outlet at high level, however the flow dynamics are essentially the same.
Can a room be classed as a bedroom without a window?
An indicator that a room can be used as a bedroom could be that at least a small single bed will fit into it, and in most cases it will have a window, although there is no legal requirement.