Ventilation: Approved Document F, Volume 2 — Buildings other than dwellings

O N L I N E V E R S I O N Section 0: Introduction Summary 0.1 This approved document is Approved Document F, Volume 2: Buildings other than dwellings. It gives guidance on how to comply with Part F of Schedule 1 to the Building Regulations. For guidance relating to dwellings, use Approved Document F, Volume 1: Dwellings. 0.2 This approved document contains the following sections: Approved document section Related Building Regulations requirements Section 0: Introduction n/a Section 1: Ventilation provision Requirement F1(1) Section 2: Minimising the ingress of external pollutants Section 3: Work on existing buildings Section 4: Commissioning and providing information Requirement F1(2) and regulations 39 and 44 Appendix A: Key terms n/a Appendix B: Performance-based ventilation n/a Appendix C: CO monitoring n/a 2 Appendix D: Standards referred to n/a Appendix E: Documents referred to n/a Application 0.3 The guidance in Approved Document F, Volume 2 applies only to buildings other than dwellings. For blocks of flats with shared communal rooms, this approved document should be consulted for those rooms. NOTE: Rooms for residential purposes and buildings that contain only rooms for residential purposes are not dwellings and are covered by the guidance in this approved document. Exemptions 0.4 Certain types of building are exempt from the Part F requirements of the Building Regulations. These are outlined in paragraphs A7 to A13 of the Manual to the Building Regulations. 1 Building Regulations 2010 Approved Document F Volume 2, 2021 edition O N L I N E V E R S I O N