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Minimum Horizontal Loads For Balustrades
Minimum Horizontal Loads For Balustrades
Table 4 – Minimum Horizontal Imposed Loads For Parapets, Barriers and Balustrades, etc
TYPE OF A UNIFORMLY
HORIZONTAL A POINT LOAD
ACTIVITY/OCCUPANCY DISTRIBUTED
UNIFORMLY APPLIED TO
FOR PART OF THE EXAMPLES OF SPECIFIC USE LOAD APPLIED
DISTRIBUTED LINE PART OF THE
BUILDING OR TO THE INFILL
LOAD (kN/M2) INFILL (kN)
STRUCTURE (kN/M2)
A Domestic and (i) All areas within or serving exclusively one
residential activities dwelling including stairs,landings etc. But
0.36 0.50 0.25
excluding external balconies and edges of roofs
(see C3 ix)
(ii) Other residential, (but also C) 0.74 1.0 0.5
B and E Offices and (iii) Light access stairs and gangways not more
0.22 N/A N/A
work areas not included than 600mm wide
elsewhere including (iv) Light pedestrian traffic routes in industrial and
0.36 0.5 0.25
storage areas storage buildings except designated escape routes
(v) Areas not susceptible to overcrowding in office
and institutional buildings also industrial and 0.74 1.0 0.5
storage buildings except as given above
C Areas where people (vi) Areas having fixed seating within 530mm of
may congregate the barrier, balustrade or parapet 1.5 1.5 1.5