Slats above kitchen and comms door

[Guest Maeghan]

In our granite office building on the first floor there are glass slats located above the door, they can be opened and closed above both the kitchenette and comms room, I assume with the age of the building these were originally for light and ventilation with them being internal rooms, should these slats be removed and blocked. There is only a microwave, toaster and kettle in the kitchen, no cooking appliances and the comms room has the servers with an air con unit.

[AnthonyB]

It depends on where these rooms are located in relation to escape routes - unless they open onto a stair it's quite possible that they are OK as they are and it would only be a non statutory property protection consideration to increase the fire resistance.