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Tom. thanks for your reply Regards, Stephen.

Hi i have been asked to detail the junction of a compartment wall with a roof in a residential care home. The compartment wall will be constructed of 215mm solid block work and the roof structure will be concrete tiles supported on timber battens and timber roof trusses. I have been looking at approved document B diagram 30 (a), but i am a little confused by their mention of "deck of material of limited combustibility". I would have assumed by the deck they were referring to a flat roof membrane supported on a deck of limited combustibility, typical slate or tile roof coverings do not have an underlying deck. If the gap between the underside of my tiles and the top of my wall is filled with a resilient fire stopping material (rockwool) and my tiling battens are cut over the centre of my compartment wall do i need to protect my trusses for 1.5 meters either side of the compartment wall. your thoughts and advice are much apprenticed regards, Stephen.

Hi, I am interested in furthering my education and thinking of studying fire safety engineering, hopefully next year, between then and now, i am wondering what would be considered essential reading to get some technical knowledge of fire safety engineering. I had been considering the CIBSE Guide E book but are there better ones. I have BS:9999: 2008 (I know its been updated) but would also like some guide book to help navigate this document regards, Stephen.

Hi, I am designing internal screens for a Residential Care Home, the screens will be located in a 30 minute fire rated wall (block masonry) between a day room and a protected escape corridor, this section of corridor also provides access to a two bedrooms, The base of the screens will be between 1.1m and 1.2m above floor level and have a top height of 2.1m above floor level, My question is do i need to spec the glass for the screens as 30 minute fire-rated integrity and insulation or as 30 minuted fire-rated integrity only? thanks for any advice Regards, Stephen.