Landlord electrical inspections from July!

John Peckham:

Andy


Your item 4. Why a C2 only for an "escape route" . You might want to have a look what it says on Page 5 of the 18th Edition. 2 of the fire fighters killed were killed by entanglement in a bedroom. Also have a look at the BS 7671 definition in Part 2 of an "Escape Route". I like my ex senior fire officer, now fire risk assessor, definition myself, "laying on your bed or chopping tomatoes in your kitchen to the final exit door from the premises".

If I may butt in ...


I was hinting at that definition of an escape route in my posting. If my workshop is on fire and I'm still in it, I will have been overcome by smoke; or I have blown something up with me alongside it. I don't see how the cables on the ceiling could entangle anybody. In a sense, I don't think that they could collapse prematurely, because the term in that context is meaningless.


Bear in mind that most private houses don't have escape routes, but if I'm asleep and the fire alarm goes off, it is vital that any surface mounted cables on the ceiling between me and an outside door don't collapse until I am out of the building. Now the term "prematurely" has meaning.


Any road, at least now we have a range of opinion. ?

John Peckham:

Andy


Your item 4. Why a C2 only for an "escape route" . You might want to have a look what it says on Page 5 of the 18th Edition. 2 of the fire fighters killed were killed by entanglement in a bedroom. Also have a look at the BS 7671 definition in Part 2 of an "Escape Route". I like my ex senior fire officer, now fire risk assessor, definition myself, "laying on your bed or chopping tomatoes in your kitchen to the final exit door from the premises".

If I may butt in ...


I was hinting at that definition of an escape route in my posting. If my workshop is on fire and I'm still in it, I will have been overcome by smoke; or I have blown something up with me alongside it. I don't see how the cables on the ceiling could entangle anybody. In a sense, I don't think that they could collapse prematurely, because the term in that context is meaningless.


Bear in mind that most private houses don't have escape routes, but if I'm asleep and the fire alarm goes off, it is vital that any surface mounted cables on the ceiling between me and an outside door don't collapse until I am out of the building. Now the term "prematurely" has meaning.


Any road, at least now we have a range of opinion. ?