Topic
Fire doors and compartmentation
Fire doors, fire stopping and cavity barriers: how a building is divided so a fire stays where it starts, what the ratings mean, and the legal checks that keep it that way.
4 guides
- 4 min readINFIRISK guideWritten guide
The Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022 explained: every duty for blocks of flats
Which buildings and parts are covered, the three height tiers, and each duty: residents, fire door checks, signs, the information box, plans, external walls and monthly checks.
8:52Video and guideFire stopping and cavity barriers explained: Approved Document B Sections 9 and 10
Why they matter, the difference between them, where cavity barriers go and how they are built, sealing pipes, cables and ducts, materials, and keeping compartmentation intact.
5:46Video and guideLoft conversions and fire safety: escape routes, fire doors and alarms
Why a loft room changes the fire safety rules for the whole house, and what Approved Document B asks for: protected stairway, doors, windows and alarms.
8:11Video and guideFire doors explained: ratings, self-closers and the legal checks
What fire door ratings mean, where Table C1 asks for fire doors, the parts that make one work, closers and signs, the legal checks in flats, and looking after them.
