smoke alarm circuit - required or not?

[dizz]

I have a flat that I let out.

Is it a legal requirement to have a "wired" smoke alarm in the flat - up to now, it has been battery only operated. The flat itself is in a building where the freeholder maintains the smoke alarms for the stairwell, which is wired.

 

[riveralt]

I have a flat that I let out.

Is it a legal requirement to have a "wired" smoke alarm in the flat - up to now, it has been battery only operated. The flat itself is in a building where the freeholder maintains the smoke alarms for the stairwell, which is wired.

This is referred to Approved document B.
http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/bu...approveddocumentsb/bcapproveddocbvol1/volume1
There is no legal requirement on existing properties to have any form of smoke alarm. Only new properties are required to have one.

I too am a landlord and I provide two battery operated smoke alarms for each property - expecation is that the tenant then keeps them supplied with new batteries.

 

[dizz]

Ok thanks - we have two alarms also, and the AST states that the tenant needs to check alarm every month anyway.

 

[holmslaw]

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[riveralt]

It's usual for flats and landlords systems to be interlinked.

For more info look at this - http://www.esc.org.uk/stakeholder/guidance-for/guidance-for-landlords/[/QUOTE]
But I thought that for Self contained flats the ESC recommend that the flat's fire alarm system and and common area fire alarm system should be separate - Appendix A page 28.

 

[holmslaw]

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