H 4
[Subsidiary]
Storage chambers to be fully enclosed save for door etc.
Storage chambers to have one external wall.
Minimum dimensions of storage chambers.
Construction of storage chambers.
L~49/90
Access door to storage chambers and construction thereof.
CAP. 123] Building (Refuse Storage Chambers and Chutes) Regulations
[1984 Ed.
(2) Where access to any storage chamber other than a storage chamber with vehicular access is obtained along a passage or alley or similar way, the passage, alley or other way shall be not less than 1.5 m in width, shall be without steps and paved and shall have a longitudinal gradient not greater than 1 in 20.
6. Save for the access door provided in accordance with regulation 10, the opening for any refuse chute and any opening for a hopper, there shall be no openings in any storage chamber.
7. Not less than one of the walls of every storage chamber shall be an external wall.
8. (1) No storage chamber shall have any dimension less than 1.5 m.
(2) The height, measured to the ceiling, of every storage chamber shall, throughout the chamber, be not less than 2 m.
9. (1) Every storage chamber shall be constructed of brickwork, concrete or other approved material.
(2) The whole of the internal faces of the walls of every storage chamber shall be lined with glazed bricks, glazed tiles or other approved material.
(3) The ceiling of every storage chamber shall be rendered in cement and finished with a smooth surface.
(4) The floor of every storage chamber shall be—
(a) constructed of concrete grade HH not less than 100 mm thick;
(b) laid to fall towards the gully provided in accordance with regulation 11; and
(c) finished with quarry tiles or other approved hard impervious material.
(5) In every storage chamber the junction of the floor with the walls shall be coved.
10. (1) Every storage chamber shall be provided with a close-fitting steel door.
(2) Every such door shall—
(a) be situated in an external wall of the storage chamber;
(b) have a height of not less than 1.8 m;
(c) have a width of not less than 1.25 m; and
(d) be provided with a lock or other means of preventing unauthorized persons obtaining access to the storage chamber.
(3) The internal surface of the door shall be without projections.
H 4
[Subsidiary]
Storage
chambers to be fully enclosed
save for door etc.
Storage
chambers to have one external wall.
Minimum
dimensions of
storage
chambers.
Construction of storage chambers.
L~49/90
Access door to storage chambers and construction thereof.
CAP. 123] Building (Refuse Storage Chambers and
Chutes) Regulations
[1984 Ed.
(2) Where access to any storage chamber other than a storage chamber with vehicular access is obtained along a passage or alley or similar way, the passage, alley or other way shall be not less than 1.5 m in width, shall be without steps and paved and shall have a longitudinal gradient not greater than I in 20.
6. Save for the access door provided in accordance with regulation 10, the opening for any refuse chute and any opening for a hopper, there shall be no openings in any storage chamber,
7. Not less than one of the walls of every storage chamber shall be an external wall.
8. (1) No storage chamber shall have any dimension less than 1.5 m.
(2) The height, measured to the ceiling, of every storage chamber shall, throughout the chamber, be not less than 2 m.
9. (1) Every storage chamber shall be constructed of brick- work, concrete or other approved material.
(2) The whole of the internal faces of the walls of every storage chamber shall be lined with glazed bricks, glazed tiles or other approved material.
(3) The ceiling of every storage chamber shall be rendered in cement and finished with a smooth surface.
(4) The floor of every storage chamber shall be--
(a) constructed of concrete grade HH not less than 100 mm
thick:
(b) laid to fall towards the gully provided in acccordance with
regulation 11; and
(c) finished with quarry tiles or other approved hard impervi-
ous material.
(5) In every storage chamber the junction of the floor with the walls shall be coved.
10. (1) Every storage chamber shall be provided with a close- fitting steel door.
(2) Every such door shall-
(a) be situated in an external wall of the storage chamber;
(b) have a height of not less than 1.8 m;
(c) have a width of not less than 1.25 m; and
(d) be provided with a lock or other means of preventing unauthorized persons obtaining access to the storage chamber.
(3) The internal surface of the door shall be without projections.
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