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People who have the automist tend to be people who want their family to be able to exit the building if there's a fire and hope this system will guarantee it. People who build the wall and knock it down tend to think they are never going to have a fire.
Statistically fortunately both groups are almost correct in their deductions.
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It may be more cost effective than fancy sprinklers to box it in, get it signed off for building regs and then get the door/boxing taken out. (Dependant on your attitude to risk/rule-breaking - you'll have to have hard-wired smoke alarms in the new kitchen anyway).