Approved Document B: Fire safety - Volume 1: Dwellings (2019 edition incorporating 2020 and 2022 amendments and forthcoming 2025, 2026 and 2029 changes)

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This new, revised edition of Approved Document B incorporates the June 2022 amendment booklet which took effect on 1st December 2022. This document also includes the 2025 amendments, 2026 amendments and 2029 amendments to Approved Document B Volume 1, as laid out in the respective amendment booklets. The 2025 amendments take effect on 2 March 2025, the 2026 amendments take effect on 30 September 2026 and the 2029 amendments take effect on 2 September 2029.

Approved Document B of the Building Regulations covers fire safety matters within and around buildings. Published in two volumes, this volume - Volume 1 - deals solely with dwellings, including blocks of flats, while Volume 2 deals with all other types of building cover by the Building Regulations.

The aim of each volume is to set out the guidelines that need to be followed in order to prevent the spread of fire over linings, such as walls and ceilings. Each volume also states what materials can be used and what British Standards each should conform to, to ensure that they provide the required level of protection.