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smoke & heat detectors interlinked with co detector neccesarry?

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Hi Guys 

My customer recently recieved a letter from St Andrews university regarding her property (a 2 bedroom ground floor flat) which is used for student accopmodation. My understamding is that a smoke detector in the hallway interlinked with a heat detector in the kitchen along with a standalone co detector would comply with current legislation ,however the letter stated "all alarms should be interlinked" .  I don't think the co detector needs to be interlinked  to the smokes . Look forward to hearing any of your opinions regarding this. thanks

p.s.  portion of letter attached
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    I have a  CO alarm in my  bedroom,  it is above the boiler. 


    Some time ago I was in  an electrical wholesaler and a guy was trying to buy a box of fire alarm call point break glasses. 


    A tenant in a three storey HMO with a full fire alarm system had broken the glass on every call point "trying to find the one that had set the alarms off".


    These systems are installed in student and other HMOs where the tenants have never ever done any DIY and have very little life experience, because their parents or others have always sorted problems out for them, additionally they may be from other countries and may never have seen equipment of this type before; and English may not be their first language, so even if concise instructions are included in the HMO house file they may not fully understand them.


    Andy Betteridge
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    I have a  CO alarm in my  bedroom,  it is above the boiler. 


    Some time ago I was in  an electrical wholesaler and a guy was trying to buy a box of fire alarm call point break glasses. 


    A tenant in a three storey HMO with a full fire alarm system had broken the glass on every call point "trying to find the one that had set the alarms off".


    These systems are installed in student and other HMOs where the tenants have never ever done any DIY and have very little life experience, because their parents or others have always sorted problems out for them, additionally they may be from other countries and may never have seen equipment of this type before; and English may not be their first language, so even if concise instructions are included in the HMO house file they may not fully understand them.


    Andy Betteridge
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