PAS 9980 external wall appraisals for Edinburgh buildings
Edinburgh's Old Town and New Town are full of listed tenements, many used as short-term lets, which need interlinked alarms that meet Scottish requirements without harming historic interiors.
PAS 9980:2022 is the government-backed method for assessing the fire risk of external wall construction and cladding on blocks of flats. Unlike an EWS1, which answers a valuer's question, a fire risk appraisal of external walls (FRAEW) answers the building owner's question: is the risk from the wall acceptable, and if not, what is the most proportionate way to fix it?
An FRAEW feeds directly into the fire risk assessment and, for higher-risk buildings, the safety case. It can also support funding applications for cladding remediation and, under the new RICS valuation standard, its summary can sometimes be used in place of an EWS1.
The rules that apply in Edinburgh
Scotland does not use the English higher-risk building regime. External wall risk on residential buildings is assessed through the Scottish Government's Single Building Assessment, which looks at the whole building rather than the wall alone.
What is included
- Review of drawings, specifications and previous reports
- Intrusive opening-up where required
- Risk-based appraisal of wall and balcony construction
- Clear risk rating and proportionate recommendations
- Summary suitable for valuers and the fire risk assessor
Buildings we work on in Edinburgh
- Freeholders
- Accountable Persons
- Housing associations
- Managing agents
Areas we cover from Edinburgh
From Edinburgh we also cover Kirkcaldy (11 miles), Dunfermline (13 miles), Livingston (14 miles), Falkirk (23 miles) and St Andrews (31 miles). If your building is not in a listed town, we still cover it: every enquiry for pas 9980 external wall appraisals in Scotland is handled the same way.