Overhead decks.
Second Schedule.
Third Schedule.
Flooring.
(b) any bulkhead separating private sanitary accommodation from any part of the suite which it is designed to serve, which shall be provided with a metal coaming.
(7) As an alternative to the use of any of the materials specified in paragraph (5) or (6), the Director may approve, in such cases aud subject to such conditions or restrictions as he may think fit, the use of any other material which in the Director's opinion possesses qualitie relating to strength, cleanliness and fire-resistance not less efficient than those of such material.
8. (1) In every ship to which these regulations apply, being a ship constructed of metal, every deck which forms the crown of any part of the crew accommodation tin this regulation referred to as an "overhead deck") and is exposed to the weather shall be constructed of metal:
Provided that the Director may exempt any ship from the require- ment of this paragraph to the extent that he is satisfied that it is necessary to do so by reason of the intended service of the ship.
(2) The upper side of every such deck shall be sheathed with wood or with a material which complies with the requirements special in the Second Schedule, such sheathing being properly laid and, it is consists of wood, properly caulked:
Provided that the Director may exempt any ship from the requic. ments of this paragraph to the extent that he is satisfied that the undersides of the overhead decks are insulated with a material forber then wood) which complies with the requirements specified in the Third Schedule, and which is so fitted as to avoid as far as possible absorption of water, condensation, transmission of noise and harboring of dirt or vermin.
(3) Every wooden overhead deck shall be at least two and our half inches thick and every wooden sheathing shall be at least two and one quarter inches thick:
Provided that the Director may exempt any ship from either el the requirements of this paragraph to the extent that he is satisfied thai compliance therewith is unreasonable or impracticable in the circum- stances.
(1) In every ship to which these regulations apply, the decks which form the floors in the crew accommodation shall-
(a) be properly constructed;
(b) have a surface which provides good foothold; and be capabl
of casy cleaning:
(c) be impervious to water; and
(d) if the deck is situated on the top of an oil tank, be impervious
to oil.
(2) Loose floorboards shall not be laid on any deck which forms the floor of any part of the crew accommodation and if planks are laid on quartering the spaces between grounds shall be filled with cement or other suitable composition.
(3) Wooden decks which form the floors of any part of the crew accommodation shall be not less than two and one half inches thick and shall be properly laid and caulked:
Provided that the Director may exempt any ship from the require- ments of this paragraph to the extent that he is satisfied that compliance therewith is unreasonable or impracticable in the circumstances.
(4) The surface of metal decks which form any part of the floors of the crew accommodation, not being floors in sanitary accommodation, galleys, store rooms or laundries, shall be covered with properly laid linoleum or wooden planking, or other material which complies with the requirements specified in the Second Schedule, and the joinings of Second such material with the side walls shall be rounded in such manner as Schedule. will avoid crevices.
(5) The floors of sanitary accommodation, galleys and laundries in the crew accommodation shall be covered with terrazzo, tiles, or other hard material which-
(a) is properly laid:
(b) is impervious to liquids;
(c) provides good foothold; and
(d) is rounded at the joinings with the side walls in such manner
as to avoid crevices.
10. (1) In every ship to which these regulations apply, the crew Protection accommodation and the means of access thereto and egress therefrom from shall be so arranged and constructed and situated in such a position
as to ensure-
(a) the protection of the crew against injury to the greatest practi- cable extent, including provision of a secondary means of escape from each compartment or block of crew accommoda- tion which may, subject to the consent of the Director, consist of one or more scuttles of not less than sixteen inches in diameter each;
(8) the protection of the crew accommodation against the weather
and the sea;
(c) the insulation of the crew accommodation from heat and cold; [the protection of the crew accommodation against moisture
due to condensation;
weather, etc.
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