Ceiling
Part of a building that encloses a room, protected shaft or circulation space and is exposed overhead.
- The soffit of a rooflight, but not the frame, is included as part of the surface of the ceiling. An upstand below a rooflight is considered as a wall.
Approved Document B Volumes 1 and 2, Appendix A (page 133, page 144)
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