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cables in dry riser shaft

Newfutile

in one of our blocks of flats ,we have a short dry riser shaft(up to first floor only) the dry riser continues in cupboards inside the building

this has loose cables inside, look like extra low voltage possibly intercom/door entry , an SWA and some FP 200 type cables

i have been sent to contain them, but i question are they allowed to be there at all?

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  • 0 in reply to Newfutile

    Assuming that the grey galvanized pipe is the dry riser  for water in the event of fire ?  And then that the wiring, keypad and black gas (?) pipe have been added later.

    Its certainly pretty rough, and the PVC trunking is an odd choice in a fire critical part. I'd have expected it not to be sharing, or if it had to be then in steel containment tight to the corner.

    It may be worth considering which bits of the building are intended not to be on fire when others are ;-) I suspect the original intention has been compromised.

    M.

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