Hi, Can anyone shed a little light on this
Just about putting the finishing touches to my daughters new extension and have a query re the need for smoke detectors after the work that has been done.
the facts;
Average size 4 bed house on 2 storeys, less than 200sq mtr storey area,
battery powered smoke alarms in hall and landing,
wrap around extension built, taking old external wall out of kitchen and building on a new kitchen extension, so kitchen is now an L shaped kitchen diner.
utility room added
garage added with no access from house.
separated from stairs
kitchen has direct means of escape
hope thats all the relevant stuff.
1) no mention of mains smoke detectors on the plans, so none fitted. Mensioned this to the sparky and got a "hmmm, I wondered about that", wtf???
So are they reqd by BC??
2) if so, would mains operated/ battery backed up ones operating off hall and landing lighting circuits or feed circuits suffice if they are needed??.
I have had a quick look at this as you can guess from my points, but I'm still unsure how the regs affect the work in our circumstances
Cheers
Just about putting the finishing touches to my daughters new extension and have a query re the need for smoke detectors after the work that has been done.
the facts;
Average size 4 bed house on 2 storeys, less than 200sq mtr storey area,
battery powered smoke alarms in hall and landing,
wrap around extension built, taking old external wall out of kitchen and building on a new kitchen extension, so kitchen is now an L shaped kitchen diner.
utility room added
garage added with no access from house.
separated from stairs
kitchen has direct means of escape
hope thats all the relevant stuff.
1) no mention of mains smoke detectors on the plans, so none fitted. Mensioned this to the sparky and got a "hmmm, I wondered about that", wtf???
So are they reqd by BC??
2) if so, would mains operated/ battery backed up ones operating off hall and landing lighting circuits or feed circuits suffice if they are needed??.
I have had a quick look at this as you can guess from my points, but I'm still unsure how the regs affect the work in our circumstances
Cheers