I hope I'm reasonably familiar with the current regs - smoke alarms not to be within 30cm of a light fittings or walls, alarms to be mounted within 3m of all bedroom doors, etc. However I'm a little confused by the "Max 7.5m from any door to a habitable room" clause.
I have a attached a rough sketch of my layout (refurb falling under building regs.) The door between the kitchen and lounge is indeed within 7.5m from the alarm, but that assumes I measure the "shortest" possible distance (ie hugging all the walls across the landing and through the lounge to take the shortest possible route.)
Is this OK??
Thanks
PS I know someone is going to suggest that I simply put an alarm in the lounge/kitchen, but the place is decorated now and it's going to a major pain to start trunking extra cables around!
I have a attached a rough sketch of my layout (refurb falling under building regs.) The door between the kitchen and lounge is indeed within 7.5m from the alarm, but that assumes I measure the "shortest" possible distance (ie hugging all the walls across the landing and through the lounge to take the shortest possible route.)
Is this OK??
Thanks
PS I know someone is going to suggest that I simply put an alarm in the lounge/kitchen, but the place is decorated now and it's going to a major pain to start trunking extra cables around!