APPROVED DOCUMENT B – VOL 2 Fire safety

 

APPROVED DOCUMENT B – VOL 2

Fire safety                                                   
Main Changes
Volume 2
Main changes made by the 2013
amendments
The general guidance on materials and workmanship and
the Construction Products Directive has been edited and a
reference to Approved Document 7 put in its place.
Table 10 (Classification of linings) has been changed
in relation to wallcoverings which conform to BS EN
15102:2007 Decorative wallcoverings – roll and panel form
products.
Table 11 (Limitations applied to thermoplastic rooflights
and lighting diffusers in suspended ceilings and Class 3
plastic rooflights) has been changed to incorporate more
flexible guidance for small diffusers and rooflights.
Appendix A (Performance of materials, products and
structures) includes new guidance on the standard
substrates set out in BS EN 13238 Reaction to fire tests for
building products – conditioning procedures and general
rules for the selection of standard substrates.
Main changes made by the 2