Building Fire regs staircase from kitchen

[cyclonebri2]

The habitable question is a red herring. The stairway must exit via a protected stair or corridor direct to outside and not through any room - habitable or not. If you have escape from all the first floor rooms you are OK. Planning aren't interested in technical issues. It's a building control thing and they should have checked that alternative escape was suitable.

Appreciated John

 

[Lawson101]

Do consider that Building regulations aside, the kitcehn is a high risk area and should a fire start in there anyone in the upper room will be trapped! Also protected fire escapes, need to stop the passage of smoke, though I'm sure you'll gave fitted an interlinked smoke dectector to landing and kitchen? Infact check your drawings have that notation if they don't I wouold suspect they have not not been submitted!

 

[DevilDamo]

Interlinked with battery backup is still required isn't it?

 

[cyclonebri2]

Can anyone give me a basis rundown on any regs re fire protection in a house where the stairs lead up from the kitchen.

It's a five bed house on two storeys, the kichen has doors of to the dining room hall and outside. Their is no door to the stairs ie they are open top and bottom.

Mains smoke and heat detectors have been fitted, no fire rated doors

Yes they have battery back up, and I can asure you the plans have been submitted and passed, the build included taking off a 25 ton concrete flat roof, adding a second storey and 2 beds above, adding a 2nd bath, knocking three former cells into one, complete rewire the other FIL is a sparky, adding a utility room and knocking the kitchen through, new boiler, new drains plus the whole lot including the original biscuit tiled house reroofed. I don't think you can get away with that without approval