Alternative escape routes
Escape routes that are sufficiently separated by direction and space or by fire resisting construction to ensure that one is still available if the other is affected by fire.
- A second stair, balcony or flat roof which enables a person to reach a place free from danger from fire is considered an alternative escape route for the purposes of a dwellinghouse.
Approved Document B Volumes 1 and 2, Appendix A (page 133, page 144)
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