Fire proof transom window?

[gravamen]

Hello there, hope someone can help,

In my single storey, flat I took down a wall which separated the kitchen from the reception room to make a kitchen/living area. This new room is connected via a door to the hallway (that has two bedrooms and a bathroom off it), which in turn leads to the front door. All ground floor. Building control are asking that the door between the kitchen/reception and the hallway be fireproof. I thought that because it was ground floor and the escape route (bedroom through hallway to front door) doesn't pass through the kitchen/reception room it wouldn't need a fire door.

But anyway, if it IS required, what do I do about the large transom window above the door? Is it necessary and possible to make that fireproof as well? I can't fill it in without losing a lot of light into the hallway area. Any thoughts welcome. Property is an 1880s mansion block if that makes a difference.

 

[KenGMac]

gravamen, good evening.

Back in the day [1960s] Georgian wired glass was extensively used in "Fire proof" escape doors, albeit in relatively small panes ?

Same glass used where [ I saw a property last week where this situation still exists] there is an external unprotected fire escape over three floors. all and any windows directly facing the escape [still] have Georgian wired glass in the sashes, the window I saw contains three sashes, two have plane glass but the one directly facing the exposed escape has the Georgian wire glass.

Could be that a [relatively] simple glass change could solve your problem??

Ken

 

[^woody^]

The key is compartmentation. So anything separating the two areas will be required to withstand 30 minutes of fire - walls, doors, windows, floors, ceilings.

So it's not just the fire door, but the fire door set - which includes the door, frame and any glazing which is part of the frame.

I don't think that GW glass is acceptable nowadays as it can't be certified to 30 minutes. If that is the case, then you will need the more expensive pyro-glass in a suitable frame.

A sprinkler or mist system and alarm with heat and smoke detectors may be an alternative. Ask the inspector.