Posted By Vicky Pye Can you help ?? The office where I work is an inner room in a building. The room has two doors on either side of the room which lead into other rooms in the building. One door has a window panel in but the other does not, therefore we are unable to see into this room. Is it a requirement under the fire regs for this door to have a window panel ?? Thanks for your help !

Posted By Paul Huber Vicky, I looked into this some time ago. From a Fire prevention point of view there is nothing in the Fire regulations that require them specifically. I went to the buildings control section of the local council for advise, I was told that: Rooms with rooms require vision panels unless there is a fire detection system linked to a fire evacuation system in the building, in which case they are not required; the theory being that the occupants would be alerted to a fire long before there was any danger. Also inward opening doors that do not open into a corridor or walkway do not require them for safety. I asked for written confirmation but never received it (Councils!). I'm not sure that this would be the advise of your council and in my experience they do tend to vary from one authority to another. Good luck!

Posted By Eric Burt ......... but remember to put the vision panel low enough in the door for a wheelchair user to be able to see through it. Remember DDA..... Eric