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MHHS Minimum Housing and Health Standards

MHHS · Houses with a Secondary Suite

9.10.9.16 Separation of Residential Suites

Current to 2026-08-01 · Official PDF

4) Walls and floor-ceiling framing in a house with a secondary suite that separate dwelling units from each
other or dwelling units from ancillary spaces and common spaces need not comply with Sentence (1), where
the walls and floor-ceiling framing are protected by a continuous smoke-tight barrier of not less than 12.7 mm
thick gypsum board installed on
a) both sides of walls, and
b) the underside of floor-ceiling framing.
(See Sentence 9.10.9.3.(2) for closures.)