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Lightweight smoke detector guidelines:
• Position in circulation areas on every floor of the dwelling – positioned between the sleeping spaces and places where a fire is likely to start e.g. living room/kitchen and yet close enough to the bedroom doors to effectively wake sleeping occupants.
• Smoke detectors should be positioned so that there is one within 7.5m of every habitable room door and a minimum of one detector in every storey of the dwelling.
• In a single storey 2/3 bedroom dwelling, a single smoke detector may be adequate if sited in the main circulation areas. In a typical two storey dwelling smoke detectors should be installed both at ground and landing levels. Therefore at least two smoke alarms will be required.
• If your kitchen is not separated from the stairways or circulation routes by a suitable door, then you must also install a compatible heat detector in the kitchen, interlinked with the other smoke detectors positioned as above in the circulation routes.
• All heat and smoke detectors are to be interlinked so all operate an alarm if one is triggered.
• Smoke detectors should not be fixed directly above heaters, air conditioning units, ducted heat outlets or in bathrooms, showers, cooking areas or garages, where steam, condensation or fumes could cause false alarms to occur.
• Mains powered, battery backup.
Our fire strategy (new build) required Automist sprinklers downstairs too (3 stories with open plan stairs on ground floor), if you're lacking fire doors then I'd err on the side of caution.