In high rise properties such as apartment blocks, mechanically ventilated smoke shafts are now being more widely adopted. However, because there isn’t a single common standard for mechanical smoke shafts, there is still an air of mystery surrounding their design and application. Ross Barritt-Mehta demystifies
Smoke shafts are now the most commonly employed smoke control measure for high rise buildings such as hotels, offices and apartment blocks, being more widely adopted than automatic opening vents and pressurisation systems. The term ‘smoke shaft’ is commonly used to describe quite simple ventilation systems
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