England · Statutory guidance
Ventilation: Approved Document F, Volume 2 — Buildings other than dwellings
Ventilation guidance for non-domestic buildings, including outdoor air supply, extract ventilation and commissioning.
- Edition
- 2021 edition with 2022 corrections · Volume 2; later editions and transitions on source page
- Search coverage
- 48 of 48 PDF pages · 3 OCR pages
Ventilation
Open original PDF at page 7 Source wording and page order preserved. Drawings and table layouts remain available in the original PDF.
O N L I N E V E R S I O N
Contents
Introduction i
What is an approved document? i
How is construction regulated in England? i
How do you comply with the Building Regulations? i
What do the Building Regulations cover? ii
When must a building control body be notified? ii
How to use this approved document iii
Where to get further help iv
Section 0: Introduction 1
Summary 1
Application 1
Selected key interactions with other parts of the Building Regulations 3
Requirement F1(1): Means of ventilation 5
Intention 5
Section 1: Ventilation provision 6
General 6
Noise 6
Access for maintenance 7
The ventilation strategy in this approved document 7
Performance-based guidance 7
Equivalent area of ventilators 8
Installation of ventilation systems 8
Indoor air quality monitoring 8
Ventilation for offices 9
Ventilation of car parks 11
Ventilation for buildings other than offices and car parks 12
Section 2: Minimising the ingress of external pollutants 15
Control of ventilation intakes 16
Location of exhaust outlets 17
Section 3: Work on existing buildings 18
General 18
Replacing windows 19
v
Building Regulations 2010 Approved Document F Volume 2, 2021 edition
O N L I N E V E R S I O N
Edition and local adoption determine which requirements apply. Use the publisher’s document for the complete clauses, diagrams and amendments.