1985 Ed.]

Building (Construction) Regulations

[CAP. 123

B 3

[Subsidiary]

Regulation

Page

55.

56.

Loads on walls

57.

58.

Recesses and openings

Corbelling and overhanging work

Thickness of walls where difference in ground levels

B 38

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B 39

B 39

B 40

59.

Thickness of external walls of certain small buildings

B 40

60.

Cavity walls

B 40

61.

Glass block walls

B 41

62.

Parapet walls

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B 41

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63.

Boundary walls and fences

B 41

64.

Definition of slenderness ratio...

B 42

65.

Maximum compressive stresses in walls or piers of bricks or building blocks

B 42

66.

Maximum compressive stresses in walls and piers of concrete

B 43

67.

Eccentric loads and lateral forces on slender walls

B 45

68.

69.

70.

72.

11.

Panel walls...

Cladding

Party walls to be carried up to roof

Timber not to be built into walls

Damp-proof courses

B 45

B 46

B 46

B 46

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B 47

PART VII

FIREPLACES, FLUES AND CHIMNEYS

73.

Fireplaces and stoves to have hearths

74.

Fireplace openings

75.

Fireplaces to have chimneys and flues

76.

77.

78.

Chimney stacks to be carried above roof

Combustible materials in proximity to chimneys

Chimney shafts...

79.

Open cooking slabs to have hoods

80.

Ceilings over fireplaces to be protected

PART VIII

ROOFS

81.

Roofs to be covered

82.

Roofs to be weatherproof

83.

Accessible roofs to have parapet or railings

84.

Hollow ceilings ..

PART IX

E

DUTIES OF REGISTERED STRUCTURAL ENGINEER IN STRUCTURAL USE OF TIMBER, STEEL AND REINFORCED CONCRETE

85.

Steel framed and reinforced concrete structures

PART X

STRUCTURAL USE OF TIMBER

86.

87.

Finished sizes of structural timber

Minimum load on ceiling joists and floor boards

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