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No idea about flats, but in our three story house (which means fire regs are tightened) we have to have one in each thoroughfare and one next to each source of heat. So we have 5, 3 in each hallway\landing, heat detector in kitchen and one in front of the log burner. I would def question, as does seem excessive to me.
Sam_w
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I'm currently planning a loft conversion. It seems I'm going to have to have smoke alarms added to the existing flat to make it comply with current regulations (none of the doors I currently have are fire doors).
The plan I've got back from the architect shows a smoke alarm in every single room bar the bathroom (heat detector in kitchen). This means that a three bed flat has something like 8 or 9 smoke alarms which seems excessive.
I had a look at the regulations and it was a bit unclear exactly what was required. I suspect the requirement would be "LD2 - A system incorporating detectors in all circulation spaces that form part of the escape routes from the premises, and in all rooms or areas that present a high risk of fire to occupants" but I'm not sure what rooms or areas that present a high risk of fire to occupants would be defined as. Every single room seems excessive.
Wiring in a load of mains-powered smoke alarms seems like a lot of work for a fairly small flat (it will be under 1,000 sqft after the loft conversion).
Anyone know what the position with this should be?