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Fire alarms for rental properties

Harry Macdonald
I may be asked to install a fire alarm in a (Scottish) flat before it is rented. As I understand it, they need to be mains powered and linked so all sound if one goes off.

What is the easiest way to do this in a flat with high ceilings and extensive decorative cornice around the edge of the ceiling.

I do not know if there is a live in the ceiling roses, or only a switched live, and I will not be able to find out until I arrive (I live 400 miles away).

Any words of wisdom gratefully received.
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    You need to have a read of the Aico website, it’s not really clear but things have changed.


    There is a new British Standard and if complying with those requirements then the alarms for tenanted properties require built in rechargeable batteries and Ionisation alarms are no longer made in the new range, so you are looking at using optical, multi sensor or heat alarms with ten year sealed for life batteries.


    Then there’s the interconnection to make either wireless or hardwired, depending on what the local requirements are in Scotland or the standard you are using.


    So the cost has gone up significantly from a couple of battery only ionisation alarms without an interconnection that most landlords think will do the job, if you go above what is taken as the absolute minimum standard in the English landlord smoke alarm legislation, which just says an alarm on each storey without specifying what should be installed.


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    You need to have a read of the Aico website, it’s not really clear but things have changed.


    There is a new British Standard and if complying with those requirements then the alarms for tenanted properties require built in rechargeable batteries and Ionisation alarms are no longer made in the new range, so you are looking at using optical, multi sensor or heat alarms with ten year sealed for life batteries.


    Then there’s the interconnection to make either wireless or hardwired, depending on what the local requirements are in Scotland or the standard you are using.


    So the cost has gone up significantly from a couple of battery only ionisation alarms without an interconnection that most landlords think will do the job, if you go above what is taken as the absolute minimum standard in the English landlord smoke alarm legislation, which just says an alarm on each storey without specifying what should be installed.


    Andy Betteridge
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