Building Regulations: Technical Standards Part P: page 1

Building Regulations: Technical Standards

PART P: MISCELLANEOUS HAZARDS

INTRODUCTION
REGULATIONS 27 & 28 Miscellaneous hazards
THE STANDARDS
P1	Application of Part P
P2	Danger from accident
	Collision with projections Collision with glazing Cleaning of windows and rooflights Emergency stopping of escalators and passenger conveyors Discharge of steam or hot water Access to manual controls Roof access






P3	Danger from malfunction of an unvented hot water storage system
	Unvented hot water storage system
PROVISIONS DEEMED TO SATISFY THE STANDARDS
(P2.2)	Collision with glazing
(P2.3- P2.4)	Cleaning of windows and rooflights
(P2.5)	Emergency stopping of escalators and passenger conveyors
(P2.8)	Roof access
(P3.1)	Unvented hot water storage system

ASTERISKS
Throughout the Technical Standards an asterisk against a standard denotes that a provision deemed to satisfy the standard or some aspect of the standard is specified at the end of the relevant Part.

ITALICS
Throughout the Technical Standards a term in italics is a defined term. The definition is listed in Part A, General.

Building Regulations: Technical Standards

PART P: MISCELLANEOUS HAZARDS

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