Tongue and groove non-flammable void???

barryo · 12 Dec 2005

I was planning to tongue and groove (fixed to battens) full height to ceiling on a bathroom wall but a friend says that the void behind has to be flame-proofed in some way according to building regulations?

Anyone able to tell me anything about this?

Thanks in advance.

breezer · 12 Dec 2005

barryo said:
Anyone able to tell me anything about this?

Try your local BCO

big-all · 12 Dec 2005

mmmmm not shure if you can call an area 12mm deep with a batton crossing full length every 18"inches or so a "void"

what does that make stud walls then

carpenter les · 12 Dec 2005

the difference is that a stud wall will have 30 mins fire protection with the plasterboard!! but i were you i would just do it , it might be a problem if the partition was running the full height of the house ( as in timber framed houses ) and needs a fire barrier , but not surely in a bathroom

....where is the fire gonna go??? .... one classic example of voids and fire spreading was windsor castle , thats why the fire spread so fast , but not just within one room

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Tongue and groove non-flammable void???

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