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Measuring Floor Area of a Multi-storey Building

  • 10-12-2015 11:10am
    #1
    Tim76
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    Quick query with regard to stairwells: when measuring the floor area of a development do you include the area of the stairwell on every floor?

    I ask because I recall having a conversation with a planner or fire officer a few years back and they advised that the floor area of the stairwell on the ground floor only should be included in the calculation but I can't find anything online to verify this.


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  • #2
    DvB
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    Tim76 wrote: »
    Quick query with regard to stairwells: when measuring the floor area of a development do you include the area of the stairwell on every floor?

    I ask because I recall having a conversation with a planner or fire officer a few years back and they advised that the floor area of the stairwell on the ground floor only should be included in the calculation but I can't find anything online to verify this.

    I've worked for 4 firms over a 20 year span & in them all we always included the area of the stairwell on upper floor levels when calculating floor areas for planning/fsc/dac fee's & for commercial rates/licencing etc.

    I actually dont remember it ever being discussed though, it just always happened that way & was never questioned.
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  • #3
    Metric Tensor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,725 ✭✭✭Metric Tensor


    I know it's not directly relevant to your specific question but when doing BERs as far as I know the guideline is that you take the area of the stairwell on each floor.


  • #4
    sydthebeat
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    all depends on the reason your measuring the floor area.


  • #5
    Tim76
    Registered Users Posts: 955 ✭✭✭Tim76


    Planning app & FSC for the whole building as opposed to a single floor.


  • #6
    sydthebeat
    Subscribers Posts: 41,915 ✭✭✭✭sydthebeat


    Tim76 wrote: »
    Planning app & FSC for the whole building as opposed to a single floor.

    then the relevant legislation is
    http://www.environ.ie/en/Legislation/DevelopmentandHousing/Planning/FileDownLoad,8797,en.pdf

    page 2
    “gross floor space” means the area ascertained
    by the internal measurement of the floor space
    on each floor of a building (including internal
    walls and partitions), disregarding any floor
    space provided for the parking of vehicles by
    persons occupying or using the building or
    buildings where such floor space is incidental
    to the primary purpose of the building;


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